Install and create an environment for utilizing Git on your computer

1. Download Git
2. Click next through all prompts
3. Launch Git
4. Add your email address to Git
• git config --global user.email 'email_address@example.com' 📋 Copied!
5. Add your user name to Git
• git config --global user.name 'your username' 📋 Copied!

Create repositories on your local system and add Git to the project folder

1. Create the repository for the project
2. Open that folder in Git Bash
• Either type: cd directory1/directory2/myApplication 📋 Copied! or just right-click on the folder and click "Git Bash Here"
3. Create your .git file and initialize git in the folder
• git init 📋 Copied!
4. Create the repository on GitHub
• Copy the link of the remote repository as well, we will need that for the next step
5. Add the remote repository location to your local Git repository
• git remote add origin repository-url 📋 Copied!
6. Add changes, commit changes, setup your master branch's upstream branch and push your commit
• git add .; git commit -m "Init repo"; git push --set-upstream origin master 📋 Copied!

Begin your project, just these three commands alone are half of a developer's use of Git

1. Add whichever files you want to save to GitHub into the staging area
• git add filename.extension 📋 Copied!
• You can also exclude files by creating a .gitignore file and typing the filenames in there
• You can also add all files in current directory (excluding those in the .gitignore file) by typing: git add . 📋 Copied!
2. Commit your changes that you have added to the staging area
• git commit -m 'Type a <50 character description here' 📋 Copied!
• The -a flag also automatically stages files that have been modified and deleted, but new files you have not told Git about are not affected.
3. Push your commit(s) to GitHub
• git push -u origin master 📋 Copied!

Learn how to navigate enterprise-level developer workflow in order to contribute to an active project

1. git branch 📋 Copied! to list all the branches for the project on your local machine
2. Create a new branch
• git branch branch_name 📋 Copied!
3. Switch to an existing branch
• git checkout branch_name 📋 Copied!
4. Merge the branch you have been working on with the master
• git merge branch_name 📋 Copied!
5. Delete the local branch after merging
• git branch -d branch_name 📋 Copied!
6. Delete the remote branch after merging
• git push origin --delete branch_name 📋 Copied!

• BONUS: You can also create a branch and switch to it simultaneously
• git checkout -b branch_name 📋 Copied!

Start contributing to an active collaborative project after employing these techniques

1. Generate an SSH key, add it to the ssh-agent, and add it to your GitHub account for the next few steps.
2. Fork the repository by navigating to your desired repository on GitHub and clicking "Fork" in the top-right corner
3. Copy your fork of the repository from GitHub onto your local system by cloning
• git clone https://github.com/username/repository-name.git" 📋 Copied!
4. To update from the master branch if it gets updated, then pull from it
• git pull 📋 Copied!
5. Make your branch, add your changes, commit to branch, and push
• To actually push your commit you will have to set an upstream branch that your local one pushes to:
• git push --set-upstream origin branch_name 📋 Copied!

• BONUS: Save your changes you are working on and work on another branch without committing your changes
• To stash a file: git stash filename.extension 📋 Copied!
• To continue working on the file later: git stash apply filename.extension 📋 Copied!

Stay up to date in a team environment, manage and track a project's workflow and structure

1. Pull from the master or a particular branch
• git pull 📋 Copied!
• For a particular branch: git pull origin branch_name 📋 Copied!
2. View what files have been changed and what is being tracked
• git status 📋 Copied!
• If you want to view how much each file has changed by the number of lines: git diff --stat 📋 Copied!
3. View the commit history
• git log 📋 Copied!
  • Type q to exit out of log mode.
  • If you want to format it to be easier to read, try the following flags:
  • git log --oneline 📋 Copied!
  • git log --pretty=format:"%h - %an, %ar : %s" 📋 Copied!
4. Revert/Checkout to a previous commit version
• git checkout example 📋 Copied!