→ This section covers essential Git commands for working with repositories, including adding, committing, pushing, pulling, and ignoring files.

1. Initializing a Git Repository

⤷ Before using Git, you need to initialize a repository:

git init

• This command creates a new Git repository in the current directory.

2. Checking the Status of Your Repository

⤷ Check which files are untracked, modified, or staged:

git status

• Displays the current state of the working directory and staging area.

3. Adding Files to the Staging Area

⤷ Before committing changes, files need to be staged:

git add .

• Stages all modified and newly created files.

• You can also add specific files:

  git add filename
  

4. Committing Changes

⤷ To save staged changes into the repository:

git commit -m "commit message"

• Saves the staged changes in the local repository.