beginners_guide_to_git.md

Git Terminal Commands

• git init
  • Creates an empty Git repository or reinitializes an existing one.
• git add
  • Adds a file to the staging area to prepare it for a commit.
• git commit
  • Create a new commit and records changes into the repository.
• git push
  • Push changes made to the remote master branch of a repository.
• git pull
  • Pull any changes made from the remote master branch to the local machine.
• git status
  • Displays the state of the working directory and the staging area.

Example Workflow

1. Open a terminal and create project folder on local machine and cd into it
   • mkdir Example_Project
   • cd Example_Project
2. Initialize the folder and add initial commit
   • git init
   • git commit -m 'Initial commit'
3. Create an example ruby program and add some code with your text editor
   • touch example.rb

   • puts "Here is some example code"

4. Add example.rb to the staging area
   • git add example.rb
5. Commit changes and check status of working directory
   • git commit -m 'Add code to example.rb'
   • git status
6. Push changes to the remote master branch
   • git push