reading-notes

My Reading Notes for Code Fellows Class

Git Intro

Version Control

Local Version Control

Consits of one database on a hard disk to store file changes

Centralized Version Control

Allows multiple contributors to add to file. However, there is still one single server but allows a team to divy up the work and see what others have worked on. Still prone to corruption and losing all datat except what’s on local files.

Distributed Version Control

By allowing mirroring repositories for contributers, CVS corruption is taken out tof the equation. Git is a DVCS.

Git Componets

Snapshots are used by the git commit command allowing storing of files with a refrence to the identical version only. Git is local only, no need to be online. Git tracks file corruption and loss of information in transit when changes are applied. Extremely hard to lose data or file to be corrupted when snapshot taken. Three main states of files in Git:

Committed (file secured)
Modified (file change but not secured)
Staged (file changed and committed for next snapshot)

Graphical Client

Third Party tool or Graphical User Interface(GUI) can be used to make Git easier.

Initial Customization

Use command *git config to see settings of terminal. You can apply user name and password to stay online with Git terminal for future use.*

Git Help

Use command *–help to pull up a glossary for help in looking for a common command.*

Importing

Use command *git init to import selected file; cd file name*

ACP

*ACP(Add, Commit, Push) is used to permamently add a chnage into a file after changes or revisions have been made. The commands for ACP are:

git add file name
git commit -m “insert why you made changes”
git push origin master

However, if not ready to make permanent changes use command *git stash and git git stash apply to temporarily hide and retrieve set changes*