Installing Git and GitHub CLI

First, you need to have  Git and  GitHub CLI installed on your system. You can download it from the links provided.

Cloning a Repo

You can clone a repo into your PC by using the git clone command followed by the URL of the repo.

git clone <url_of_your_repo>

Adding files to the staging index

You need to add the files to the staging index before you can commit them. You can think of the staging index as a place that will keep a list of all the files that need to be tracked.

git add .

This will add all the files in the workspace to the staging index. You can also add each file individually by specifying the file name instead of ‘.’

git add <file_name>

If you need to add all the files except a few files then you can add the files that you want to ignore to the .gitignore file and add the rest of the files using the git add . command.

Committing the files

When you commit a file you are essentially saving the file at the current state and this state will always be accessible in the future just in case something goes wrong.

git commit -a -m "your_commit_message"

This command will commit your files and save them forever in your PC.

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