GIT in pictures
What is git? How it works? Do you now how git keep history of our code?
27 November, 2022
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There are so many great online articles about git, but I rarely see explanations with visual illustrations. So main aim of this article is to get a better understanding about the git using illustration and emphasize the meaning and role of each command.
What is GIT?
Git is a version control system.
What is Version Control System?
Version control system is tool help for detecting and keep tracking changes made for the files. Git is one of the tool for version controlling.GIT is a version control system tool to help recording the changes of file.
Version Control
GIT
How version control manage using the tool call git is shown in the following illustration.
git
What is the git local and remote?
local vs remote
Local: It is the developers local machine. We install git tool in our local machine to use the version control system in our computer.
Remote: It is the cloud. GitHub is good example for cloud service for remote repository maintenance.
Anyone who has access to the remote, they can make a copy from remote to the local.
local vs remote
First we talk about what is git local.
Git local
Git local has mainly four sections.
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Stash: A place were to hide modifications until you work on something else.
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Workplace: Current working copy.
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Index: Staging area for file changes to commit. This is current directory cache.
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Local Repository: A directory name .git that contains all of your necessary repository files.
Git remote
List remote branches.
git commands
1. Clone repository onto local machine
clone reposotory
2. List which files are staged, unstaged, and untracked
status of the repository files
3. Staged the file with changes.
add files with changes
4. Commit the staged snapshot, but instead of launching a text editor, use as the commit message.
commit message
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Update remote repository with local repository updates
push changes to remote repository
6. Check out a new branch
checkout to branch
7. Join two or more development histories together.
merge branch
8. show unstaged changes between your index and working directory.
difference of file changes in working directory
9.
Download objects references from remote repository.
fetch from remote
10. Show logs with difference each commit introduces.
history of commits
Thank you for reading !! . I hope this visual illustration will helpful for you to understand actually what happens when we use each and every git command. ❤️ :)
To be continued...
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