An introduction to git

An introduction to

“the stupid content tracker”

History• Git was created to manage Linux Kernel development

• April 2005

• Linux Torvalds, Junio Hamano

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)

What’s this git git?• Git is a free and open source distributed version

control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

• Git manages changes to a tree of files over time

Why git?• Outclasses SCM tools like Subversion, CVS, Perforce, and

ClearCase

• Git is optimized for:+ Distributed development + Large file counts

+ Complex merges + Making trial branches

+ Being very fast + Being robust

Basics• Local & Remote repositories – because its distributed

• Cloning a remote repository• git clone <remote-repo-url>

• Clones a remote repository with all its history etc. (.git contains that info.)

• Initializing a local repository• git init

• Initializes git repository, creates a .git in the current dir.

Hands on with Git

• “git add .” to add all files (except .git!) – note the .• Then “git commit” for the initial commit

• Creates current branch named “master”

Push & Pull• Changes are committed to local repo. first

• Push to remote to share with others

• git push <remote-repo> <local-repo>• Initializes git repository, creates a .git in the current dir.

• Pull changes from Remote repo.

• git pull• Initializes git repository, creates a .git in the current dir.

Practice

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File Status Lifecycle

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Reference Material

•Cheat Sheets

•Posters

Learn more about it

•Linus Torvald’s talk on git: youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8

Lets get rolling..