Udacity lesson 2

Question 1

create brand new repositories on your computer

Answer 1

git init

Question 2

list files and directories in terminal

Answer 2

ls

Question 3

create a new directory in terminal

Answer 3

change the working directory to the directory where the new one should be created

mkdir -p name-of-the-new-one

Question 4

change directories in terminal

Answer 4

cd

Question 5

remove files and directories in terminal

Answer 5

rm

Question 6

learn what’s the working directory now in terminal

Answer 6

pwd

Question 7

make a new directory and go there

Answer 7

go to the directory where the new one should be created with cd

mkdir -p name-of-the-new-one && cd $_

the last cryptic part will situate you in the newly created directory

Question 8

what happens if you git init ?

Answer 8

a repository is created

in the file system it’s a .git directory. because of the period it’s hidden. It contains all the structure and files for it to be a working repository for your project.

Question 9

what does git clone do?

Answer 9

creates a new directory and places the cloned Git repository in it

Question 10

I want to clone a repo into a directory with a custom name, how do I do that?

Answer 10

git clone link_to_the_original_repo new_name