Version Control with Git: Glossary

Version control is like an unlimited ‘undo’.

Version control also allows many people to work in parallel.

Use git config with the --global option to configure a user name and email address

git init initializes a repository.

Git stores all of its repository data in the .git directory.

git status shows the status of a repository.

Files can be stored in a project’s working directory (which users see), the staging area (where the next commit is being built up) and the local repository (where commits are permanently recorded).

git add puts files in the staging area.

git commit saves the staged content as a new commit in the local repository.

Write a commit message that accurately describes your changes.

A local Git repository can be connected to one or more remote repositories.

git push copies changes from a local repository to a remote repository.

git pull copies changes from a remote repository to a local repository.