Git

Git

Git is an open-source, distributed version control repository system.

http://git-scm.com/

Installing Git

http://progit.org/book/ch1-4.html

Installing Git on Windows

• http://code.google.com/p/msysgit
• https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki/InstallMSysGit
• http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list

• Download Installer and run it.
• Choose all default settings (for now).

Repository

Launch Git Gui.

Create New Repository.b

Specify path.

Syntaxes

• Cretae an alias for check out.

$ git config --global alias.co checkout

• Set the default editor.

$ git config --global core.editor notepad++.exe

• Initialize git for the first time.

$ cd first_app
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in ../Rails_Projects/first_app/.git/

• Add the ignore list.

$ cd first_app
$ vi .gitignore
$ cat .gitignore
.bundle
db/*.sqlite3*
log/*.log
*.log
/tmp/
doc/
*.swp
*~
.project
.DS_Store

• Add all

$ git add .

. = Current directory

• Check status

$ git status

• Commit

$ git commit -m "Initial Commit"

-m = Message git commit = Local commit git push = Sync up with remote repository

• View log

$ git log
commit 217d58e0f073e9249cca5ae1e05322340abd5034
Author: Chris
Date:   Mon Jan 30 17:05:03 2012 -0600

    Initial Commit

~/Documents/Rails_Projects/first_app (master)

• Restore the deleted file

$ rm -rf *.rb

$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add/rm <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#       deleted:    application_controller.rb
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

$ git co -f

$ ls
03/01/2012  02:37 PM                80 application_controller.rb