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6. 🔄 Basic Git Workflow
✅ Setup & Configure Git (First Time Setup)
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@example.com"
This configures your identity for commits.
create README.md file
Example README Content: Markdown file format
# My First Repository
This is a practice repo for learning Git and GitHub.
🗂️ Initialize Repository
Create a Repository
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A repository (repo) is like a project folder.
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To create a new Git repo, run:
git init📂 Stage & Commit Changes
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Checking the Status
To see what files have changed:
git status
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Adding Files
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To start tracking a new or changed file:
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To add all changes:
git add .
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Commit Changes
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To save a snapshot of your changes:
git commit -m "Your commit message"
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➡️Up Next: 📂 Understanding Repositories (Local vs Remote)