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Vocabulary: GIT vs GITHUB

What is Git ?

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. (Wikipedia)

What is GitHub, Gitlab etc ?

GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc. are web-based hosting services for version control using Git. They provide a web-based graphical interface and access control, as well as several collaboration features such as wikis and basic task management tools.

GIT on Visual Studio Code

  • Go to the Source Control tab

How to commit and push

Translated in commands :

Terminal window
# git init
# git remote add origin URL_HERE
git add template/style.css # add the file to the staging area
git commit -m "[feature] add css" # commit the changes
git push # push the changes to the remote repository
  • for the first push : git push -u origin main

Some GIT commands :

Terminal window
git init # create a new repository
git clone <url> # clone a repository
git add <file> # add a file to the staging area
git commit -m "<message>" # commit the changes
git push # push the changes to the remote repository
git pull # pull the changes from the remote repository
git status # check the status of the repository
git log # view the commit history
git branch # list all branches
git switch <branch> # switch to a branch
git reset --soft HEAD~1 # remove the last commit