Class Exercise: Git Practice

EXERCISE_GIT_PRACTICE.md

Git Practice

20 min

• Initialize a new directory in your workspace

1. cd into ~/code/wdi and mkdir a new folder called git_practice
2. cd into git_practice
3. Run git init to initialize a new Git repository

• Create 3 new files

1. Run touch file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

• Check the status of your Git repository

1. Run git status

Note that the three files you've added are marked as untracked because you haven't added them to Git yet. Git's not sure what you want to do with them, so it's basically ignoring them for now.

• Start tracking these files by adding them to Git

1. Use git add . to stage all the files in the current directory that have been modified. In this case, it's all of them.
2. Check the status of your git repository now by using git status

Note that the files are now marked as new file

• Commit your changes

1. Use git commit -m "Brief description of the changes made"

• Edit a couple of your files with some new content

1. Check the status of the repository with git status

Note that your files are now marked as modified

• Stage your files for the next commit

1. Use git add . to stage any modified files

• Commit your new changes

1. Use git commit -m "Brief description of the changes made"

• View the history of commits

1. Use git log to view the history of commits made

Bonus

• Try removing file3.txt from your repository with git rm file3.txt
• Try renaming one of the remaining files with git mv

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