Git is a Version Control System used within tech fields to manage a project’s files. It is especially important as it comes to remote collaboration on projects. Git will save past versions and makes it easy to roll back problematic changes. GitHub is a cloud-based platform built on top of git that is used to host and share projects.
https://git-scm.com/docs git_cheat_sheet.pdf
Git Repository Pipeline
A Git Repository is a directory where git monitors and saves records of a projects files. The git repository pipeline can be broken up into 4 parts:
- Working Directory (sometimes called Working Tree)
- The Working Directory is the directory you interact with. This is the directory where the engineer directly updates the project files.
- Staging Area (sometimes called Index)
- The Staging Area is an intermediary stage between the working directory and the repository. The changes are added to the Staging Area before they are committed to the repository. This can be useful for code reviews, to catch problems before they are committed.
- Local Repository
- The Local Repository is the .git folder that git creates in the Working Directory. This is a local copy of the Central Repository. Changes are first committed here, the they are pushed to the Central repository.
- Central Repository
- The Central Repository serves as the heart of the project. This is where the main project files are stored on a central server.