Basic Commands

Git Configuration

Set up your name and email

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "Your Email"

Create a new repository

To create a new repository, simply run git init in the directory you want to version control.

For example:

mkdir myproject
cd myproject
git init

Basic Workflow

Note

My suggestion is to use VSCode which has integrated support for Git. You can stage and commit changes directly from the editor. VSCode also has a useful extension called GitLens which allows you to see the history of a file when you are editing it and who made the changes. Still learn the commands below — you will need them on remote Azure servers where there is no VSCode GUI.

Here is an example of a basic workflow if you were doing things manually using Git.

Create a new file

echo "Hello, World!" > README.md

Add the file to the staging area

git add README.md

Commit the file

git commit -m "Initial commit"

Check the status of your repository

git status

Branching

Within a git repository, you can create branches to work on different features or bug fixes. Branching allows you to isolate changes and work on them independently.

For branching strategy I suggest you consider the GitHub flow model. https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/using-github/github-flow

When you first create a repository, you are on the main branch. You can create a new branch using the following command:

git checkout -b new-branch

This command creates a new branch called new-branch and switches to it. (Modern Git also offers git switch -c new-branch; checkout still works everywhere.)

You can switch between branches using the following command:

git checkout <branch-name>
# Modern equivalent: git switch <branch-name>

To see a list of branches in your repository, run:

git branch