Creating repos

Introduction to Git

George Boorman

Curriculum Manager, DataCamp

Mental health in tech project

image of a Git repository containing two files called funding and report, one directory called data, and another called dot-git

What is a Git repo?

Git repo = directory containing files and sub-directories

Image of a Git repository with two files annotated called funding and report, one directory annotated called data, and another called dot-git

What is a Git repo?

Git repo = directory containing files and sub-directories, and Git storage

Image of a Git repository with two files annotated called funding and report, one directory annotated called data, and another directory called dot-git, annotated as Git storage

Do not edit .git!

Why make a repo?

Benefits of repos

Systematically track versions
Revert to previous versions
Compare versions at different points in time
Collaborate with colleagues

Colleagues brainstorming

¹ Image credit: https://unsplash.com/@jasongoodman_youxventures

Creating a new repo

git init mental-health-workspace

cd mental-health-workspace

git status

On branch main

No commits yet

nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)

Converting a project into a repo

Convert an existing directory into a Git repo

git init

Initialized empty Git repository in /home/repl/mental-health-workspace/.git/

What is being tracked?

git status

On branch main

No commits yet

Untracked files:
    (use "git add <file>..." to include what will be committed)

        data/
        report.md

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Git recognizes there are modified files not being tracked!

Nested repositories

Don't create a Git repo inside another Git repo
- Known as nested repos

There will be two .git directories
Which .git directory should be updated?

Confused_dog

Let's practice!

Introduction to Git