Hello guys , this is my second post on medium. I am taking a data science bootcamp course at awari.com.br and I intend to write about the topics that I am going to learn. First because I want to share a little of my knowledge and it’s a great way to learn as well.

Today I am going to write about Git and Github , explain what they are and describe some basics commands on git.

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.

In other words git is a way for you control your projects remotly ( on your computer) you can save each update on your project and create a repository on your machine to manage all your projects.

Now you know what is git , let’s list some commands that can help you on projects.

git config

Usage: git config –global user.name “[name]”

Usage: git config –global user.email “[email address]”

This command sets the author name and email address respectively to be used with your commits.

git init

Usage: git init [repository name]

This command is used to start a new repository.

git commit

Usage: git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”

This command records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.

git status

Usage: git status

This command lists all the files that have to be committed.

git show

Usage: git show [commit]

This command shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit.

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