git for beginners

I’ll keep this very short, because I want to show beginners how little they need to remember to get started.

1. If you are working on a small personal project, you only need to learn these six commands on a day to day basis:

• add
• commit
• push
• pull
• clone
• status

2. And when working with others, you’ll also frequently use:

• branch
• checkout
• merge

3. Graphical tools can help you visualise how and when changes happened. Visual Studio Code and various code editors provide excellent git integration nowadays.

Also, do know that github.com is not git