Getting Started with GIT

Basic Navigation

• cd means change directory• cd .. moves you up a level• cd dir_name moves you to the folder named

dir_name• A dot (.) refers to the current directory• ls displays directory contents

Create a Project from Scratch

git init project creates a project directorygit add adds files to the directorygit commit –m"message" commits the changes

$ cd projects$ git init project1

*** create file1.txt ***

$ cd project1$ git add file1.txt$ git commit -m "Committing project 1"

Create a projects directory on ned in 216

Create a Project from an Existing Directory

git init . initializes the current directorygit add * adds all files in the directorygit commit –m"message" commits the changes

$ cd ../projects/project2$ git init .$ git add *$ git commit -m "Committing project 2"

Create a projects/project2 directory, and create a file in that directory called file2.txt

View your Commit Logs

git log displays your log history

Check your Status

git status displays the status of the repoIn the projects/project2 directory, modify file2.txt and create a file called file3.txt

modified file

new file

Update your repo

add the file

commit the changes

check the status

Try It

• Navigate to the projects directory• Initialize project3• Create file4.txt in the directory

– Add file4 to the repo– View Git status– Commit the change

• Modify file4– View Git status– Commit the change

• Create file5.txt in project3– View Git status– Add it to the repo– Commit the change

Access a Git Project from GitHub

• Most open source projects have a read-only Git URL• Visit github.com Explore• git clone https://... copies repository content to your

system

Access a Git project

URL -- https://github.com/garrick/git-for-one-presentation.git

Create a new folder from the command line

Change to the new folder

Pull down a copy of a github project

Display directory contents

Right click here to Edit Paste,

or press the Insert key on the keyboard

Keep Current

• git pull will bring down latest content• If you've made conflicting changes, this may

not work easily• You can always delete the directory contents

and pull down a fresh copy

Sharing on GitHub

Create a GitHub account

Pick a Plan

With a free account, all repos are public.

Create a Repository on GitHub

Set up the Repository

Set up your GitHub "origin"

Copy the URL from GitHub

In Bash: $git remote add origin https://...Paste URL

You can paste by right clicking

Push to GitHub$git push -u origin master

Copies your project to GitHub

Enter your credentialsYou should only have to do this once!

"Origin" is GitHub

"Master" is local copy

Voila!

Add a ReadMe

Pull the ReadMe into your Local copy

Copy URL from GitHub

In Bash: $ git pull URL

Try It

• Create a GitHub repo for Project1• Push your local copy to the repo• Add a ReadMe file in GitHub• Pull the ReadMe to your local copy• Modify file1.txt in Project1• Add a new file to Project1• Commit your changes (don't forget to add the new

file to the repo first!)• Push your changes to GitHub

Deleting a Repo from GitHub

• Select the Repository• Click Settings• Click "Delete this repository "under Danger

Zone– This cannot be undone!

• Type the name of the repository to confirm

Git for Windows

Download Git Install GitUse default options

Open Git Bash

Configure Git

Configure usernameConfigure password

Everything elseis just the same!

This creates two key-value pairs, used for tracking commits.

$ git config --global user.name "Joe Shmo"$ git config --global user.email "jshmo@highline.edu"

Store your Credentials

• Download Windows Credential Store for Git• Run It!• Click Yes

Summary• Check status

• git status• Add a remote location to

upload files• git remote add origin url

• Push changes from local to remote• git push -u origin master

• Pull changes from remote to local• git pull url

• Initialize a project• git init projectName• git init .

• Add a file• git add fileName• git add *

• Commit changes• git commit -m "remark"

• View the log• git log

Git Isn't Just for Code

• You can commit anything to a Git repository– Pictures– Word docs– PowerPoint presentations– Videos– Music– etc.

Learn More

• GitGuys• Git Documentation• Git Cheat Sheet