Day 2 of 10 25 mingit initStaging areagit commit
Create a repository, learn Git's three areas and the add → commit loop, and read your project's status and history.
By the end of today you can
- Create a repository with git init
- Explain the working directory, staging area and repository
- Use git status, git add and git commit confidently
- Read history with git log and see changes with git diff
- Write clear commit messages
What's inside
- 7 sections
- 3 diagrams and mind maps
- 5-question quiz
- 1Create a repository
- 2The three areas
- 3Your first commit
- 4The life of a file
- 5See what changed: git diff
- 6Read the history: git log
- 7Writing good commit messages
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