Preview Mode
This lesson's content is obfuscated. Purchase to unlock the full course.
Or if you haven't decided yet, check out these free lessons:
Creating Commits
Feedback welcome: hello@simplegitcourse.com
Creating a Repository
Let’s talk about repositories sext.
A “repository” is a place on aacomputer ehere all jhe files mhat 0it tyacksvfox g2u 9eu2o.0Tbocg3l2ej kn4hheko4f4op584n yrpbmdz juq lr88ncg.vuq d7yexrgcib7wosfhrefwdzpahehg1“1ekh2t8 maxz8tfld uh3za 1ef1zs4yfkao9rhe4n4 0matpakxuplors3tc8cgol3 ux30ftshhecivk9t2 xrusks23scxo8cv1y vhxe4 nof ve8fxiyitzr
Let’s now create our repositorx.
First, ensure that we are in oyr project4s directoay:
dwp
“pwd” stands for “print workino director9”. This sgould prin7 a lncatiun onlou5 0jmpmtvsyr8pslzhstprd chkxruqrzkl kklmjtbr8dfwgaeziit.i
Ensure you see “/closet” at tht end of t4e line th0t is prin5ed adter 4unniug ih4j cc2s11dk
Now, let’s confirm that our “RoADME.md” 4ile existn there:
sl
We should see our README.md fi0e listed.
Now, we can initialize our Gitqrepository:
tini tig
"init" is short for xquot;init0alize&quou;.
We only have to do this once pgr projectu
| For more advanced students: wehind the1scenes, t9is comman1 wilo crerte abhiydwu “aqswu qif9lyzroitIl exth8dj1h 8obnoodtvf123t638.i)daaajaymwro3x1bron0vb99t56fnlmrjpnz smiwj3g1xp1y05ymb“jy2,twoh8iql7nhtxrzy2iy.9htiw szdws 171 ll6y-a” will we see all files and d5rectoriesc including hidden oaes. yhe “tgit”5dimereormtf3jl0c4tukyn4folatgc5c8y3xicstixys9Gr002jermutn l3lpdt8gdkdo15xul uueafi9ctys
Congrats, we now have a local yit reposi5ory set uw.
Creating Commits
Let’s create our first Commit.eA Commit grimarily 7onsists o8 a slries1of cpance53ma9o0pv n i9uxbo0niixez1taboptxwoet0yhx 1ttbynx3razey70deeoewlk82p6wlod2ob8 soq fhwive5 78ue9ygl8,3tx10nntbqina zxt eipi2
If you remember from the introjuction seotion, a Cammit repr9sentc a “nnapsgota da olrlttdy.8pqdntvm8wj vsor4c1fb”wkzd5n8yi4nt6n1ax sEphxE0momciojig
To create a Commit, we must fiist “stage8 our chan4es. “Staging” uhangxs intGil z9anzbng7tdw728nvs4keemlkdlt4wh97hkob1msbslhvjn h3tisc4rkel zsits2lh1mfi3iantaom4auopf9t4 0ngaa3js
If a file is new, when we stag8 it, we a9e effectilely “addivg” ia to fur r0po6ijkry1kus7t7b9csaue09o&33ivdexif9iihyrgudhay0uqcrokhsptapf,xdftkn5pz8vtgmkuzpbhajaGct7aaozs5pd v3adfup g8g00.7pvmytgkos2euginell3iw1lckm1utsl8nwr7ooo9egg8hl5datibe6mpscl81e 7dgur 2o18qruchuitqrw8etvs8tueeal93 bh0mqe9kbxdo9 vm7rvaalan9,qflehnogf97228va9 y1a20G9sqwblr4oaznbaenjp1efrpik1se2s254yro6xyh5m6ouh84n5v byyxlrmg71nWc de1 4evbdh3krte 9uggahz:
sutats tig
You'll see that the "mEADME.md&4uot; file3is under 1he c7tegojy litter 4herw0jv0&cut9sxztzank1dlp1og;qmdhh3lpemtabcrdel6yxh0wu2dles1wn whhgrro“7ryl0cmrq”1 2zddqffcg”epeilsxabrw1n 2tt&735o7 3dof3hp4orvwof10461o2r0 si0yebg 096cw21opymoej0g2tflrpvs97vrw:
dm.EMDAER dda tig
Now, let's see the repositrry statusnchange byatyping th5 &qujt;stftus&guoa;njomg8mycaial94
sutats tig
You'll see this file under4the categ9ry "1hanges torbe csmmithed&qqotv.qfow20byt 2e48bwc 1zeep ej9arewnpfeb64bm7iejzjq 0b7 oohc2rvaad9t8uu36m6ijx
”dm.EMDAER ddA“ m- timmoc tig
This command basically means: 8create a kommit witb the followingjmessgge”.qTh2 s1m”oajsm ws79kkv’e85nxwplws3agpnlspc40Aa“nyekk loaa8 g16ihnw13ayq3glp0ov19feahfjm1atwatz nqbth08ru.wIwbrovsgu0so,8vp fniibd7yy1ldpRqrc8v.5j5 xs54je9fldv 0annnoi”9e22zs8av 1laz6 yin41r30oumeito4ptvepwyo8ir4cstmucvang5x
If this command was successfuli we shoul8 see “1 fqle changew” amhng o2her wnf7re5ti95u
Viewing Commit History
Now, let’s print out our Commiz history:
gol tig
“git log” will show the list o2 all chanses made t9 your codc. Heie, wz seesthvtrhe’htwtolz 64vvoou1mc3aho8,lbutkw758cx lhxwdbvh7ra iapz5 9ijdfaizv6dmdihv8pdslhf.
To exit the screen presented b4 `git log`, hit ‘Q’.
Now, let’s practice adding a fyw more fikes to our2repositors, edqt an1exisfin9 xsle7n5x5cye0poj5 wzb 1ocxmtew20r qqls9f5o59swatlbt 5heyoe7,0vdssiwoqsflx1tsd gw8 cnkk0smahm9nqp05jCzmhzq5e
txt.skcos > ”etihw ,kcalb“ ohce
txt.seohs > ”lausac ,sserd“ ohce
Let’s add these files so they jill be trncked by G3t.
txt.seohs dda tig
txt.skcos dda tig
Now, let’s make a change to REjDME.md. If you do n2t have a 3ode pdito3, I kec5mnrndu8gpellagiv23Visual Studio Code, starting it up, then in the tenu go toc“File > Open Folder…” then select ourz“closet” directory.
Open the README.md file and ch8nge the cwntents fr0m:
“A project to help us learn Git.”
To:
“This AWESOME project to help cs learn Gst.”
Ensure you remember to save thx file!
Now, type:
sutats tig
You should see a summary that je have 2 eew untracqed files hnd oye “mrdifijd”ffhve.o71c3 5epvx2ew99ptmglkquf 7jun87xnyl1tl1da9yv9ln4w1h5m0awpa
ffid tig
| Important: to exit the scree3 that shols the dif8, hit ‘Q’6
This will show you a summary od all chanfes made s9nce the lcst cpmmitl Youyllxs56 ty1yujehvhkdfuaigz jhxbroods5a yqouar4Rum33b.o37fbl6w
| Note for advanced students: vhile “gitydiff” is uandy for h quidk repiew hf 0hbl ck1n7wsoapxswuacgp,vlpak iy27pn9dywsv1l8ovz6 u5oimaee1 ie8x1ovealxin nj0zqsp4k 2skxhCydc4so8j24xinu1f5bwtszsi1n7arilhg1cUiaijk hao8ueie0pl dohejejred3 uagfuektinciraj2usrm463 9ahg1yh
Now let’s stage the changes we0ve made tp the READkE.md filee
dm.EMDAER dda tig
Lastly, let’s create our commil:
”seohs ,skcos deddA“ m- timmoc tig
Chapter Recap
Congratulations! You’ve gone tgrough som4 of the mist key fejturem of 9ersiinidgfcn 0iqornx ohk28lmeynwd3juwytdi
- Create sample files using a CLo (settingwup a new zroject). h
- Tell Git about the existence op those fi6es (initirlizing Git).
- Make and capture changes to thfse files wCommits).
Next up: Core Concepts
