Understanding the Git Workflow: Working Directory, Staging, Commit and Push
Introduction Git is a version control system. It runs on your computer and keeps track of changes made to your project. Git workflow are steps you take to move a change from your local files into a shared project history. In its simplest form, it's a pipeline with four stages: Working Directory → Staging Area → Commit → Push working directory Is "Where You Make Changes", It is simply the folder…
Understanding the Git workflow involves familiarizing oneself with four key stages: the Working Directory, Staging Area, Commit, and Push. The Working Directory is where developers make changes to their project files, and it's simply the folder on their computer containing these files. Git tracks these changes but doesn't act on them until the next stage, the Staging Area.
In this phase, developers can selectively choose which changes to include in the next commit using commands like `git add filename.js` or `git add .`. The Commit stage is where these selected changes are permanently recorded in the project's history, with a descriptive message provided via `git commit -m "..."`. Finally, the Push stage sends these committed changes from the local machine to a remote repository, such as GitHub, enabling collaboration and access for others.
This Git workflow provides a structured approach to managing changes, ensuring developers have control over what gets saved, when, and who can access the updates.
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