CODEWITHSUNDEEP
git
davidjmcclelland
davidjmcclelland

Reputation: 440

New GiT project - Where is the project history?

Using GiT I created an empty folder, opened a GiT bash at that location and entered

git init

I see that GiT creates a hidden .git dir like other VCs do. Then I created file readme.txt and added it:

git add readme.txt -m "adding readme.txt"

Then I thought - "where am I committing my changes to? I haven't designated a local repo or a remote one. This is very disorienting. Can I keep making changes and work locally without ever creating a distributed repository? Or, have I just created that repository locally and each instance of it is a clone of it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 33

Answers (2)

T. Thomas
T. Thomas

Reputation: 680

You can find out what branch your on with "git status" you can bring up a GUI of your git history with "gitk".

"git add" doesn't commit anything it just stages it.

To commit you use "git commit"

"Can I keep making changes and work locally without ever creating a distributed repository?" - YES

Upvotes: 0

abalos
abalos

Reputation: 1361

You don't necessarily need to create a distributed repository. Git is cool like that. It's very flexible. Later on, when you are ready, you can push the changes in this repository to a remote repository. Feel free to work locally for now.

Use the Git-SCM documentation to get you started. It is what helped me immensely when learning this technology.

Upvotes: 3

Related Questions