What is Git?

It is free openSource version Control System

What is Version Control System ?

We as a programmer can't track every files in our project so we use a version control system which tracks documents, files and everything in our projects and keep tracks of changes made into version control system.

Git Commands

• repo —> repository
• clone —> bring a repo down from the internet (remote repository like Github) to your local machine
• add —> track your files and changes with Git
• commit —> save your changes into Git
• push —> push your changes to your remote repo on Github (or another website)
• pull —> pull changes down from the remote repo to your local machine
• cli —> Command Line
• cd → ChangeDirectory

1. Configuring Your Name & Email

In your terminal, run the following commands to identify yourself with Git:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Replace the values inside the quotes with your name and email address.

1) The git config command

Here’s the git config command: