How to use Git

Question 1

What is Git

Answer 1

Git is a version control system.

Git helps you keep track of code changes.

Git is used to collaborate on code.

Question 2

Check what version of Git you are using

Answer 2

git –version

Question 3

What does Git do

Answer 3

-Manage projects with Repositories
-Clone a project to work on a local copy
-Control and track changes with Staging and Committing
-Branch and Merge to allow for work on different parts and versions of a project
-Pull the latest version of the project to a local copy
-Push local updates to the main project

Question 4

How do you work with Git

Answer 4

-Initialize Git on a folder, making it a Repository
- Git now creates a hidden folder to keep track of changes in that folder
When a file is changed, added or deleted, it is considered modified
-You select the modified files you want to Stage
-The Staged files are Committed, which prompts Git to store a permanent snapshot of the files
-Git allows you to see the full history of every commit.
-You can revert back to any previous commit.
-Git does not store a separate copy of every file in every commit, but keeps track of changes made in each commit!

Question 5

Why do you use Git?

Answer 5

-Over 70% of developers use Git!
Developers can work together from anywhere in the world.
- Developers can see the full history of the project.
- Developers can revert to earlier versions of a project.

Question 6

Creating Git Folder

Answer 6

mkdir myproject
cd myproject

Question 7

Initialize Git

Answer 7

git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/user/myproject/.git/

Question 8

Git Adding New Files

Answer 8

git status
On branch master

No commits yet

Untracked files:
(use “git add …” to include in what will be committed)
index.html

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use “git add

Question 9

When to do a Git Staging Environment

Answer 9

As you are working, you may be adding, editing and removing files. But whenever you hit a milestone or finish a part of the work, you should add the files to a Staging Environment.

Question 10

What is a staged file

Answer 10

Staged files are files that are ready to be committed to the repository you are working on.

Question 11

Add file to the Staging Environment

Answer 11

git add index.html

Question 12

How to check if a file is staged

Answer 12

git status

Question 13

How to add all files to be staged

Answer 13

git add –all

Shortcut: git add -A

Question 14

What is git commit

Answer 14

Adding commits keep track of our progress and changes as we work. Git considers each commit change point or “save point”. It is a point in the project you can go back to if you find a bug, or want to make a change.

Question 15

How to do git commit?

Answer 15

When we commit, we should always include a message.

Code
git commit -m “First release of Hello World!”
[master (root-commit) 221ec6e] First release of Hello World!
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 README.md
create mode 100644 bluestyle.css
create mode 100644 index.html

Question 16

Why add a git commit message?

Answer 16

By adding clear messages to each commit, it is easy for yourself (and others) to see what has changed and when.

Question 17

Git Push

Answer 17

git push <folderuwannaupload> main</folderuwannaupload>

make sure you cd .. so your not in the folder you wanna upload

Question 18

How to view a history of commits

Answer 18

To view the history of commits for a repository

Question 19

Git Commit without Stage

Answer 19

git status –short

then

git commit -a -m “message”

Question 20

How to get Git Help

Answer 20

git command -help

See all the available options for the specific command

or

git help –all - See all possible commands

Question 21

What is a Git Branch

Answer 21

is a new/separate version of the main repository.

Question 22

How do you create a new branch

Answer 22

git branch hello-world-images

(Now we created a new branch called “hello-world-images”)

Question 23

How do you check you created the branch

Answer 23

git branch
hello-world-images
* master

(We can see the new branch with the name “hello-world-images”, but the * beside master specifies that we are currently on that branch.)

Question 24

What is Checkout

Answer 24

checkout is the command used to check out a branch. Moving us from the current branch, to the one specified at the end of the command:

Question 25

How do you move to the branch you want

Answer 25

git checkout hello-world-images
Switched to branch ‘hello-world-images’

Question 26

check the status of the current branch:

Answer 26

git status

Question 27

How to add your changes

Answer 27

git commit -m “Added image to Hello World”

Question 28

How to merge branches

Answer 28

• Make sure you are on the branch you want to merge to be on
  -git add –all
  git commit -m “added new image”

Move to the master branch
git checkout master
& merge
git merge hello-world-images

Question 29

Git Ignore

Answer 29

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/gitignore-file-how-to-ignore-files-and-folders-in-git/#create

Question 30

requirments.txt

Answer 30

pip freeze > requirements.txt