Notes taken from GitHub Tutorial

Git Hub Tutorial: EDUREKA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuB1Id2Wxak

Git is a distributed version control that supports distributed non-linear workflows by providing assurance for developing quality software.

Features of Git:

• Lightweight - Uses lossless compression technique to compress the data
• Speed – GIT is 10 times faster that other version control softwares.  Reason – it is written in C.
• Secure – Uses SHA1 to name and identify objects

Repository:

A directory or storage space where your projects live in.

There are two types of repository.

• ·         Central Repository
• ·         Local Repository

Git Operations and commands:

• ·         Intall Git for windows
• ·         Navigate to a folder where you want to create your project.
• ·         Right click and select Git bash here option
• ·         >Git init
• ·         Above command will initiate the empty git repository in local folder.

$ git add -A  : Command to add all the modified and new files

$ git commit -a -m “git commit message” : command to commit all files.

$ git log – to view the history.

• Git pull = git fetch + git merge
• Rebasing is done to get a simpler project history.

After running the above command only authentication is successful and you can push the changes to the repository.  The key will become green only after authentication.

To revert to previous commit – copy the first 8 characters commit hash and use it the command like below.