Introduction to Git

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“notFinal.doc” by Jorge Cham, https://www.phdcomics.com
“notFinal.doc” by Jorge Cham, https://www.phdcomics.com

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A diagram demonstrating how a single document grows as the result of sequential changes

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A diagram with one source document that has been modified in two different ways to produce two different versions of the document

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A diagram that shows the merging of two different document versions into one document that contains all of the changes from both versions

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How the commit graph looks for this website.

Why use Git?

Fundamental concepts

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Source control tab showing modified file and a new file.

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Source control tab showing changes in the staging area.

Your first Git repository

Tracking changes

Remotes: pushing and pulling

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Cloning a repository

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Forking a repository

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Tips and best practices