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If you are looking for a guide on how to host your git repo on Redbrick, click [[Hosting_a_Git_Repo_on_Redbrick|here]]! | If you are looking for a guide on how to host your git repo on Redbrick, click [[Hosting_a_Git_Repo_on_Redbrick|here]]! | ||
For this guide we will be using the Git CLI. | |||
== What is Git? == | == What is Git? == | ||
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* You "stage" the files you've changed | * You "stage" the files you've changed | ||
* You then "commit" these staged files, adding them to the repository. | * You then "commit" these staged files, adding them to the repository. | ||
== Creating Your First Repository == | |||
Say you have a project that you want to backup with git in ~/my/project. First we need to navigate to the project with the cd command: | |||
cd ~/my/project | |||
Then we create the repository: | |||
git init | |||
We can then stage the files. The * here means all of the files in the directory: | |||
git add * | |||
Finally, we can commit the changes: | |||
git commit -m "initial commit" | |||
If you have sensitive files you don't want to be added to the repository, such as .env files, you can use a '''.gitignore''' file at the project root. | |||
cd ~/my/project | |||
touch .gitignore | |||
Any files or directories specified in the gitignore will not be added to your repository. For example: | |||
*.env # ignores any files with the extension .env | |||
hello.* # ignores any files starting with hello. | |||
/foo # ignores the entire directory foo | |||
You can also specifically allow files or directories inside of ignored directories using an !: | |||
!/foo/bar # specifically allows the file bar in the foo directory, even though foo is in the gitignore file | |||