Git

Git is a widely used tool for version control.

Installation

Follow the following instruction to install Git on your latptop / PC

Install git
```
$ sudo apt install git -y
```

Usage

The followings are the most common git commands.

Clone

This command creates a local copy of the repository, you will usually only run this commnad once.

$ git clone <repo_link>

Example: $ git clone https://gitlab.eecs.umich.edu/starx/guide.git

Status

This command will output the current branch and highlight the files that have been added, deleted, or modified.

$ git status

Pull

This command updates the local repository with the latest version of the online respository.

$ git pull

Add

This command allows the user to add files into the stage phase (ready to be commited).

$ git add

Commit

This command create a commit locally with the specified message otherwise it uses an automated message, think of it as a screenshot of the current state of the respository.

$ git commit -m "message goes in here keep the quotations"

Push

This command pushes all the local commit to the online respository, it will request your username and password (or auth token).

$ git push