Git Intro
Introduction
Git is a version control system and so to be able to understand it we should first understand exactly what version control is. So… Version control basically allows us to develop seperate versions of the application in a single folder, but instead of just different versions it can be a single feature that you develop on top of the same base application, which allows multiple people to contribute by having multiple feature branches touching different sections of the application.
configuring Git
The first requirement is the Git cli tool which on linux is available from the default package manager.
After installing git, you have to configure the global git settings which are pretty much just your name and email address so any change you make can be associated with you.
The git config file is normally in the $HOME directory in a hidden file named .gitconfig.
to set the values you can run the following commands:
git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com
Creating a Version Controlled Directory
Now that git is setup and configured we can get to work. First, we have to create a directory and then initialize it with git:
mkdir dir_name
cd dir_name
git init
And that is it.