Single branch, single local repository work

Single branch, Single local repository work

Here we will:

• Create a repository
• Add files to it
• Check the status of the repo
• Stage files for commit
• Commit files

Create a repository

• Initialise repository.

mkdir testRepo
cd testRepo
git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/ben/tmp/testRepo/.git/

• Now use the most important git command you will ever use git status:

ben@GregoryHouse:~/tmp/testRepo$ git status
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
 nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)

Start working in the repository.

• Let's add a README file in the directory and see what happens:

git status
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#	README
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

• As git status so helpfully states, let's use @git add@ to stage the file:

ben@GregoryHouse:~/tmp/testRepo$ git add README
ben@GregoryHouse:~/tmp/testRepo$ git status
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
#
#	new file:   README
#

• Please note again, that git status also tells you how to un-stage the file just added.
• Finally let's record our changes, by committing them:

ben@GregoryHouse:~/tmp/testRepo (master #)$ git commit -m "First commit: add README"
[master (root-commit) 4a9deba] First commit: add README
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 README

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