How to use Git

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I am an engineering student who spends most of his spare time watching TV rather than coding  So basically I have zero experience with any kind of version control system  My understanding is somehow they make distribution of projects easier   I was looking into Blueprint CSS Framework  liked it and downloaded from their Git project page  Now  I know Git does much more than providing a link on their website  So my questions are the following    How do I use Git properly to keep my Blueprint download updated  Say there is a new version  what do I do  Can I update all Git downloads at the same time  Say I have Blueprint and other projects downloaded on my Mac  how can I update them efficiently    I looked into Git guide  but it s mostly for the people who have much more experience than I have    Thanks for help

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You might want to start with an introduction to version control  This guide is specific to subversion  but the core concepts can be applied to most version control systems  After you have the basics  you can delve into the git guide

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I think gitready is a great starting point  I m using git for a project now and that site pretty much got the ball rolling for me

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If you wish to update several git repositories in one command - i suggest that you read a little bit on repo   About updating the repository  you can do it by   git fetch git rebase origin master   OR  git pull --rebase   For more information about using GIT you can take a look on my GIT beginners guide

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git clone your-url local-dir  to checkout source code   git pull  to update source code in local-dir

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this is my blog on git and its for beginners who want to get started on git  https   techxposers com git-for-beginners

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I would suggest this three for beginners   http   git-scm com docs gittutorial  https   tutsplus com course git-essentials   video tutorial   http   lifehacker com 5983680 how-the-heck-do-i-use-github  gihub

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Using Git for version control  Visual studio code have Integrated Git Support    Steps to use git    Install Git    https   git-scm com downloads  1    Initialize your repository  Navigate to directory where you want to initialize Git  Use git init command This will create a empty  git repository  2    Stage the changes  Staging is process of making Git to track our newly added files  For example add a file and type git status  You will find the status that untracked file  So to stage the changes use git add filename   If now type git status  you will find that new file added for tracking   You can also unstage files  Use git reset   3    Commit Changes  Commiting is the process of recording your changes to repository  To commit the statges changes  you need to add a comment that explains the changes you made since your previous commit   Use git commit -m message string   We can also commit the multiple files of same type using command git add    txt   This command will commit all files with txt extension   4    Follow changes  The aim of using version control is to keep all versions of each and every file  in our project  Compare the the current version with last commit and keep the log of all changes   Use git log to see the log of all changes   Visual studio code   s integrated git support help us to compare the code by double clicking on the file OR Use git diff HEAD  You can also undo file changes at the last commit  Use git checkout -- file name  5    Create remote repositories   Till now we have created a local repository  But in order to push it to remote server  We need to add a remote repository in server   Use git remote add origin server git url  Then push it to server repository  Use git push -u origin master  Let assume some time has passed  We have invited other people to our project who have pulled our changes  made their own commits  and pushed them   So to get the changes from our team members  we need to pull the repository   Use git pull origin master  6    Create Branches  Lets think that you are working on a feature or a bug  Better you can create a copy of your code Branch  and make separate commits to  When you have done  merge this branch back to their master branch   Use git branch branch name  Now you have two local branches i e master and XXX new branch   You can switch branches using git checkout master OR git checkout new branch name  Commiting branch changes using git commit -m message  Switch back to master using git checkout master  Now we need to merge changes from new branch into our master  Use git merge branch name  Good  You just accomplished your bugfix Or feature development and merge  Now you don   t need the new branch anymore  So delete it using git branch -d branch name  Now we are in the last step to push everything to remote repository using git push  Hope this will help you

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I really like the O Reilly book  Version Control with Git   I read it cover-to-cover and now I m very comfortable with advanced git topics

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Have a look at git for designers for great one page article high level intro to the topic    That link is broken  Here is a link to another Git for Designers    I would start at http   git-scm com documentation  there are documents and great video presentations for non-software-developer cs users  Git for beginners have some basic stuff

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To answer your questions directly rather than pointing you at documentation   1  In order to keep it up to date  do a git pull and that will pull down the latest changes in the repository  on the branch that you re currently using  which is generally master   2  I don t think there s something  widely available  that ll do this for you  To update them follow 1  for all projects

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