Git Basics that I learned.

This is to show how to get started with git quick

Git is a distributed version control introduced in 2005 and is an powerful open source tool Today we will see how can we install git-cli in our systems.

Please note this is a Mac guide if you want a windows guide please let me know

• Open terminal on the mac
• Type the command “sudo apt install git -y” This will install git on the mac.
• After git installs type command git --help t know more about the commands.
• Open your gitlab account and setup the accounts (This step is the most important part)
• After gitlab account setup open terminal create ssh key to get remote access for your local pc by using the command
  ssh-keygen -t rsa -C “email” -b 4096
  
• Copy The SSH Key from the location specified from the terminal use the command
  ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub (remember to check your file location)
  
• Go to gitlab Click the projects on the upper left dropdown box and Click Your Profile
• Click “SSH Keys” tab in the left-hand side of the webpage. You should get a page shown below.
• Paste the key in the box and click “Add Key”
• Verify the linking using the command given below.
  ssh -T git@gitlab.fabcloud.org
• Configure Credentials using the commands
  git config –global user.name “Username”
  git config –global user.email “email”
• Open terminal use
  cd $filename (to save the repo)
• git clone $ssh_link
  The repo should be cloned to the folder given in filename.

Pushing a git repo

After git clone to push the made changes to the repo follow these steps.

• git pull

• git add -all

• git commit -m "message"

• git push