I have used git a bit in classes and for github projects created by others. But today I'm taking the initiative to learn it from scratch. My friend Phil set up a Ubuntu virtual machine for me on his server, where I plan to do a very small web project with dcluo. Git was not installed.
Creating a git repository on a directory for a project:
0. My directory where I want to make into a git repository is
/var/www/game1. There is currently only 1 file inside it:
index.html
1.* Install git from Ubuntu terminal
: sudo apt-get install git-core git-doc
* See note below *
2. Create git repository:
git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /var/www/game1/.git/
3. Check it's working:
git status
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Untracked files:
# (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
# index.html
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
4.
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
5.
git config --global user.email youremail@email.com
6.
git add index.html and add other files similarly
7.
git status
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Changes to be committed:
# (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
#
# new file: index.html
#
8.
git commit -a -m "brand new start" the "-a" adds all the changed files (yes, it's redundant here because I have added my only file in step 6, but it's good to know)
[master (root-commit) d38fbfd] brand new start
1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 index.html
9.
git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
10.
git log note it doesn't say "commit #1", it's good because ordering by numbers would be confusing if you merge or revert commits in the future
commit d38fbfd10003a28859d5b943b729084bfcf6b78d
Author: HaoQi Li <youremail@email.com>
Date: Sun Feb 13 06:14:54 2011 -0500
brand new start
Getting that git repository directory on another machine:
11. On another machine, make a directory where you want to clone the repository.
mkdir anotherDir
12.
cd anotherDir
13.
git clone haoqi@haoqi_s.host.com:/var/www/game1 . don't forget the dot at the end! It means copying to the the current directory.
Initialized empty Git repository in /path/to/anotherDir/.git/
The authenticity of host 'haoqi_s.host.com (209.143.128.58)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 58:9c:96:f9:7c:39:3c:78:07:8c:40:59:a5:4b:34:9b.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'haoqi_s.host.com,209.143.128.58' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
haoqi@haoqi_s.host.com's password:
remote: Counting objects: 3, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (3/3), done.
If instead you get this error below, check that you're in a place where you can do git. In my case, I did "ssh scripts.mit.edu" right before running the git clone, but git doesn't work inside MIT scripts.
Cloning into ....
The authenticity of host 'haoqi_s.host.com (209.143.128.58)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 58:9c:96:f9:7c:39:3c:78:07:8c:40:59:a5:4b:34:9b.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/current/machines/home/dir/.ssh/known_hosts).
Permission denied (publickey,password).
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
14.
git log
commit d38fbfd10003a28859d5b943b729084bfcf6b78d
Author: HaoQi Li
Date: Sun Feb 13 06:14:54 2011 -0500
brand new start
Yay success!
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Edit 3/10:
Github has new tutorials that will help you get started.
1.
Set up git in Linux
2.
Create a repository
3.
Fork a repository
4.
Follow a friend
