Git Intro

Introduction

• Git is a free and open-source version control system, that helps you keep track of changes to files in a filesystem/repository over time. It has been an industry standard for a while now. Git comes with the git-shell which has a set of nifty commands that can help you do all sorts of things on your repositories.
• Github is a service that hosts your repositories online and lets you collaborate with others through it. You can use Github through the browser or the git-shell on your pc.

How to Install Git and Github

• Windows: https://hackernoon.com/install-git-on-windows-9acf2a1944f0

• Linux: For Debian and Ubuntu - sudo apt-get install git
  and check git version using - git --version

• MacOS: https://hackernoon.com/install-git-on-mac-a884f0c9d32c

Commands you'll need in this project

First, create a github ID, then move on.

• Clone the IECSE ML Winter Project repository
  git clone https://github.com/ramrathi/IECSE-ML-Winter18

• Initialize a repository in directory(this is just for information, you won't need to use this for any task) git init <Project Name>

• Create a branch
  git checkout -b <branch-name>

• Change into another branch
  git checkout <branch-name>

• Adding Files to be committed
  git add <filename1> <folder_name>\<filename2> - Adds filename1 in current directory and filename2 in the folder.
  git add . - Adds all files in the current directory

• Adding a commit message
  git commit -m "<message>"

• checking status of files
  git status

• Pushing the committed changes to the GitHub repository
  git push origin <branch-name>
  Note: Never push to the master branch, create your own branch and change into that and then push.

• Pulling changes from the GitHub repository
  git pull origin <branch-name>

Detailed article on Git and Github: https://medium.com/@abhishekj/an-intro-to-git-and-github-1a0e2c7e3a2f