Intro to Git

Git is a distributed source control system and is how we will be managing our projects and sharing code during the program.

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Git is a distributed source control system. This allows us to work on and collaborate on different projects with little to no headache.
Git is how we will be managing our files and sharing code between each other. It will seem rough at first but with practice, you will never know how any else shares documents
Begin by following the git installations for Mac or Windows
At the start of this course, we will be using a static site generator to create our projects. If you are creating a new git repository from an existing project, follow the instructions at SDG's Git Cheat Sheet.

Git is how we save changes we make
The basic git flow is you add your changes to a staging area and then commit those changes to your repository.
Once you make changes to your project, from the command line type git add . to stage your changes.
The . in git add . takes all the changes and adds them to the staging area.
Once you stage your changes, you want to commit them by typing git commit -m 'a short commit message'
The - m stands for message and is followed by a short or descriptive message you put between quotes.
If you do not type -m and a message you may open vim. Vim is a powerful text editor built into terminal. If it opens, simply type :wq to save ('write') and quit Vim. You can also close that window/tab and carry on.
Once you have commited your changes you want to push those changes to Github by typing git push.
Make sure to add, commit and push often!

Branching is how we can maintain various versions of one project.
Branchings is great if you are trying something out and not sure it will work and do not want to risk breaking your existing code.
When you initialize Git it creates a master branch.
If you want to create a new branch type git branch <name-of-branch> in the commandline within your project. This creates a branch but does not take you to the branch.
You must checkout the branch in order to edit it. Type git checkout <name-of-branch> to work on that branch.
The command git checkout -b <name-of-branch> will create and checkout (take you) to that branch.
Continue to add and commit as usual, but the first time you push your branch to Github, it will prompt you to git push --set-upstream origin <name-of-branch>. Run that command and it will create a new upstream branch on Github.

If you like the work you have done on your new branch make sure to git add ., git commit -m 'message', and git push as usual.
Return to your master branch by typing git checkout master
You can merge your branch into master from the command line by typing git merge <name-of-branch> or by creating a pull request
Once it is merged into master, add, commit and push your master branch to github.

Remember to commit often!
The more commits you have the easier it will be to revert to a previous commit if you make a big mistake.

Create a repo, add a file, change a file, stage your changes, commit your changes and push to Github.

Bitbucket Git tutorial - Bitbucket is a web based git control system like Github but owned and maintained by Atlassian.