Welcome to our beginner's guide to Git and GitHub in DevOps!
- What is Git?
- What is GitHub?
- Basic Git Workflow
- Common Git Commands
- Collaborating with Git and GitHub
Git is a distributed version control system used to track changes in source code during software development.
GitHub is a web-based platform for hosting and collaborating on Git repositories. It provides features like bug tracking, task management, and wikis alongside basic Git repository functionality.
The basic Git workflow involves the following steps:
- Initialize a repository
- Add files
- Commit changes
- Push changes to remote repository
Here are some common Git commands:
git init
- Initialize a Git repositorygit add
- Add files to staging areagit commit
- Commit changesgit push
- Push changes to remote repositorygit pull
- Pull changes from remote repositorygit clone
- Clone a repository from a remote
GitHub facilitates collaboration by providing features like:
- Branching and merging
- Pull requests
- Code reviews
- Issue tracking