2. ABOUT VERSION CONTROL
LOCAL VERSION CONTROL.
CENTRALIZED VERSION CONTROL DISTRIBUTED VERSION CONTROL
Version control is a system that records changes to a file
or set of files over time so that you can recall specific
versions later.
4. THE THREE STATES
Git has three main states that your files can reside in: committed, modified, and staged.
‣ Committed means that the data is safely stored in your local database.
‣ Modified means that you have changed the file but have not committed it to your
database yet.
‣ Staged means that you have marked a modified file in its current version to go into your
next commit snapshot.
5. STATES & COMMANDS
There are a lot of different ways to use Git. There are the original command line tools, and there are many graphical user interfaces of varying capabilities
6. CLI
Folder with a project:
Initializing a Repository in an existing directory:
10. BRANCHES
A branch and its commit history HEAD pointing to a branch
The HEAD branch moves
forward when a commit is
made
HEAD moves when you checkout
The default branch name in Git is master.
How does Git know what branch you’re currently on? It keeps a special pointer called HEAD