Git Basics - Git Series Part 1 | Linux Today

Git Basics – Git Series Part 1

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Mohd Sohail
Aug 14, 2018

This series will explain the purpose of git, how to clone GitHub repository, GitLab repository, or otherwise. How to view the changelog and how to revert to an older version of the repository, add and remove files, commit changes, update remote repositories, fetch most recent versions of a repo, and more. GUI front-ends will also be covered, as well as troubleshooting and how typical IDEs will handle source code files belonging to a git repo.

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Mohd Sohail

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