Version Control Flashcards
VCS
Version Control Systems
SCM
Source Control Managment: It is a software tool that helps developers manage and track changes to source code files and other digital assets.
DVCS
Distributed Version Control System: It is a type of source control management system that allows multiple developers to work on the same codebase independently and concurrently, even if they are not connected to a centralized server.
git
allows you to maintain a linear history or timeline of your code
commits
snapshots of your codebase at points in time
SHA-1 hash/SHA
short (8-10 char) representation of a commits longer(40 char) identifier
6 parts to a commit
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git branches
multiple timelines within the same repository
first commit on a repository
Initial commit
most recent commit in a repository
HEAD commit or HEAD
initialize a git repository
git init -
git init directory
directory: This is an optional parameter that specifies the name of the directory where Git should initialize the repository. If you don’t specify a directory, Git will create a new repository in the current working directory.
stages a file or files for a new commit.
git add ________
git add options file
file: This is a list of one or more file paths that you want to add to the staging area. If you don’t specify any files, Git will add all changes in the current directory.
displays the state of the working directory and the staging area. shows changes have been staged, which haven’t and which are being track by git.
git status
create a new commit with a message
git commit -m “message about commit”
Take a look at the history of commits. displays: identifiers, authors, times and messages
git log
clone another repository
git clone -
git clone options repository_URL directory_name
repository_URL: This is the URL of the repository you want to clone. You can usually find this on the repository’s homepage.
directory_name: This is an optional parameter that specifies the name of the directory where Git should clone the repository. If you don’t specify a directory name, Git will create a new directory with the same name as the repository.
upload local repository to a remote repository
git push -
git push options remote branch
remote: This is the name of the remote repository you want to push your changes to. If you don’t specify a remote, Git will use the default remote (usually “origin”).
branch: This is the name of the branch you want to push to the remote repository. If you don’t specify a branch, Git will use the current branch.
