Understanding Git Workflows
Over the past two days, we have been learning how to use git and Github. Definition and Introduction to Git Git is a version control tool that is used to track changes made in a file. It is mostly used for collaboration between programmers. Git has a workflow made up of various stages; Working Directory Staging Commit Push 1. Working Directory This is where the file resides in the folder in your…
Git is a version control tool that tracks changes in files, primarily used for collaboration among programmers. The workflow consists of several stages: Working Directory, Staging Area, Commit, and Push.
The Working Directory is where files reside in a folder on a device. It's where files are created, opened, edited, and deleted. There are two types of files in this directory: Untracked files, which haven't been added to the git tracking system, and Tracked files, which are part of an initialized git repository. To initialize a repository, you run the git init command.
The Staging Area acts as a preview area for organizing changes before they're included in the project history. It informs git which files should be included in the next commit.
A Commit is a message detailing the modifications made to a file. The command for this is git commit -m "Your message".
Finally, the Push stage involves sending the files to a repository in Github.
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