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GIT

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 :

# 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 :

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