git clone
Make a local repository from a remote repository
git add
Stage a file for commit
git commit
Commit staged changes to the local repository
Git is a version control tool
Allows us to track and undo changes to files on a project
Allows us to easily share code with others
Allows us to make local edits without affecting collaborators
Remote repository
"Official" copy of files and their edit history; accessible to others
Local repository
Your personal copy of the files and their edit history
Working directory
Where you can make changes to files; no edit history here
Staging area
Where you take snapshots of edits to go into the local repository
git clone
Make a local repository from a remote repository
git add
Stage a file for commit
git commit
Commit staged changes to the local repository
git push
Send commits from the local repository to the remote repository
git fetch
Pull commits from the remote repository to the local repository
git merge
Reconcile fetch
ed changes with the current state of files in your working directory
git pull
Do fetch
and merge
in a single step
Git is a version control system
Git "places" include the remote repository, the local repository, the working directory, and the staging area
Git commands include clone, add, commit, push, fetch, merge, and pull