Getting Started with Git

As with the rest of the onboarding pack, this is not intended to teach you Git. Rather it is supposed to serve as a helping hand.

A solid option is to use GitHub Desktop.

However, many engineers prefer to use the terminal. If you're one of those, here are some useful actions.

Important Actions to Understand in Git

• Clone: Copy an existing Git repository to your local machine.

• Branch: Create separate lines of development.

• Add: Stage changes to be committed.

• Commit: Save changes to the local repository.

• Push: Upload local repository content to a remote repository.

• Pull: Fetch and merge changes from a remote repository to your local repository.

• Merge: Combine changes from different branches.

Examples

1. Clone a Repository To copy an existing Git repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/repo-name.git

2. Create a New Branch To create a new branch for your changes:

git checkout -b your-new-branch-name

3. Add Changes

git add .

4. Commit Changes

To save changes to the local repository with a clear, concise message:

git commit -m "your commit message"

5. Push Changes To upload your local repository content to a remote repository:

git push origin your-new-branch-name

6. Pull Changes

To pull and merge changes from a remote repository to your local repository:

git pull origin main

7. Merge Branches To combine changes from different branches:

The existing branch: git checkout main

Merge with your new branch:

git merge your-new-branch-name