“The Git Guru’s Guide: From Configuration to Local Repositories”

After the Installation of git from Its Website we are ready to do hands-on…

We have two sections for today’s lesson for git:-

1. Installed and configured Git on your machine.
2. Local System Basics commands.

We doing this on Windows Terminal

✍️Installed and configured Git on your machine

🔗Show the version of your Git installation:

Command:- git -v

🔗Show the configurations:

Command:- git config -l

🔗Configure your username and email:

Command:- git config — global user.name “Shubham Khandelwal”

Command:- git config — global user.email “shubhamsharma2004.16@gmail.com”

The username and email are used by Git for every commit that you will create. Without this configuration, you are not able to commit to a repository.

To show the origin of the configurations.

🔗It shows you in which file a configuration is located:

Command:- git config -l — show-origin

This command above allows you to find the .gitconfig file that is in your user directory. That .gitconfig file contains now the username and the email that you configured.

Now, Git is set up and configured. This means you’re ready for some work! :-)

In the next section, you will learn how to work with local repositories. But before that, let’s test your knowledge with some learning questions.

✍️Local System Basics commands

Git Commands Used in This Section
In this section, you created and worked with a local repository. You used the following Git commands

🔗Initialize an empty Git repository:

Command:- git init

🔗Show the status of your repository:

Command:- git status

Don’t Worry About the Output of commands just remember it’s used to see the status of a folder or repository I have already created my_copy and readme.txt which are under git and it is tracked and shubham.txt is not initialized by git so they are showing in red color.

🔗Stage a specific file: (Staged Means init command is done in Repository)

To use for the particular file we have:-

Command:- git add shubham.txt

After doing this Our file is only staged means it is controlled in git but one more step is git commit.

There are three main areas That files need to suffer for management using git.

1. Checkout
2. stagging
3. commit

🔗Stage all changed files:

Command:- git add .

🔗add . (It includes all files in the particular directory)

🔗Commit the staged files:

Command:- git commit -m “message that you do”

-m = message

🔗Show the changes of a specific file:

Command:- git diff filename

🔗Show the changes in your working directory

Command:- git diff

🔗Show the changes in your staging area:

🔗 Show the history/log:

Command:- git log

🔗Show the history/log with one commit per line

Command:- git log — pretty=oneline

🔗Checkout a specific commit by its snapshot (is =commit )hash

Command:- git checkout b346471

This is done by its value which is yellow color having 14 characters you take after git log and enter u see output.

🔗Navigate back to your main or master branch

Command:- git checkout main

Now you know how to work with a local repository.

conclusion

Get ready for our next blog, where we’ll explore the dynamic realm of Git branches. Branching empowers you to work on multiple features simultaneously, adding flexibility and organization to your projects. Join us as we unravel the intricacies of Git branching.

Stay tuned for an enlightening journey into the world of Git branches!