linkWriting your first commit

linkClone from GitHub repo

1link$git clone https://github.com/beauwilliams/yourfirstcommit

2link$cd yourfirstcommit

linkMake a new file

1link$echo "My first commit!" > commit.txt

linkGet the output of git status, commit.txt is untracked

1link$git status

linkStage the new file

1link$git add commit.txt

2link$

3link$# OR add all untracked files at once using the . operator

4link$git add .

linkVerify commit has been staged with git status, commit.txt is "to be committed"

1link$git status

linkCommit the changes in your staging area to the repository

1link$git commit -m "Added commit.txt. My first commit :D"

linkPush the local changes to the remote server

1link$git push

linkGet your commit history

1link$git log