git.md

title
Much Improved Git Notes

Introduction

These notes constitute a brief summary of the git version control tool. They are incorrect, and it is your task to find and correct the mistakes.

You are judged, however, not on finding all the mistakes, but on your use of version control in doing the work of fixing them!

Finding the mistakes will be a useful revision, though.

Activating Git

To turn on the version control system, use:

cd my_work_folder
git init

Tell Git about a new file

vim my_file # Edit file
git add my_file

Include changes in a file into the next work chunk

git add my_file

This includes the changes to that file in a list of changes currently scheduled to be included in the next work chunk.

Include all scheduled changes into a commit

git commit -m "Journal entry"

Store all scheduled changes in a new commit

git include --uptodate

Add all changes and commit them

git commit -a -m "Journal entry"

View list of recent commits

git log

Transmit commits to remote repository

git push

Fetch commits from remote repository

git pull