Summary - First repository

Combine init, add and commit to set up the first repository.

The first repository flow

Building the first repository takes three steps: start it with git init, create a file and put it on the stage with git add, then save it with git commit. A commit is a saved snapshot of the staged content; with the -m option you give it a short message. When these commands work together your first record exists.

git init
echo ilk satir > gunluk.txt
git add gunluk.txt
git commit -m "ilk kayit"

Exercise Complete the first repository

Create the gunluk.txt file and write ilk satir in it. Stage the file, save it quietly with the message ilk kayit, and print the contents of the file at the end.

Show example solution

git init -q
echo "ilk satir" > gunluk.txt
git add gunluk.txt
git commit -q -m "ilk kayit"
cat gunluk.txt

Test yourself

What does the git commit -m "ilk kayit" command do?
- It saves the staged content with a message
- It creates a new repository
- It deletes the records and starts over
- It stages the gunluk.txt file
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It saves the staged content with a message — git add stages content, while git commit saves the staged content together with the message you write with -m.

Write the message

git commit ____ "ilk kayit"

Show answer

git commit -m "ilk kayit"

First repo flow

git init

Starts the repository
echo > gunluk.txt

Creates the file
git add

Prepares the next snapshot
git commit -m

Saves a snapshot with a message

Next lesson: git config

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