git-intro.md

Intro to Git
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Version control system (resume.pdf, resumeFINAL.pdf)
- permanent record (series of commits)
- time machine (ability to checkout a commit)
- parallel universes (branches)
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Key Vocabulary Terms\

• repository: a regular ol' directory where you've done "git init" or "git clone"\
• local repo: the repo on your computer \
• remote: a copy of the repo somewhere on the internet (github)\
• adding: specifying which files will be going to the next commit\
• commiting: creating a snapshot in time of changes to lines on files\
• pushing: upload a new commits to your remote repository\
• connect a remote: telling a local repo where code should go when you push
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Common commands\

git init
git log shows history of commits in current branch
git remote -v shows all remotes (if empty, you don't have a remote)
git status shows the status
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Workflow\

• git init ONCE at the beginning of the project\
• create a file called index.html and add a bunch of work\
• git add index.html\
• git commit -m 'this is the message that describes the work'\
• Do new work. Add/remove lines of code, add/remove files\
• git add about.html\
• git commit -m 'created the about me page'
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workflow loop\

• do new work (create, edit, delete lines of code or files)\
• git add filenameWithTheWork.js\
• git commit -m "explain what this change is"
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Creating and connecting remotes (backup side of things)\

• To have a remote, we need to create a new, empty repository on github\
• To do that, https://github.com/new\
• Name the repo, provide a description, ignore the readme part, and click "Create Repository".\
• Then follow the directions for whether or not you have an existing repo or not.
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Pushing\

• For your first push to a remote, do git push -u origin master\
• subsequent pushes in that branch name, do git push
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