Summary - What is Git?

Combine the version control concept to explain a repository structure.

Understand the Git structure together

Git is a distributed version control system that tracks changes in project files. A repository stores commit history and branch information alongside the files. Each developer can work in a local repository and share changes with a remote repository.

Project
  ├── Working Files
  ├── .git
  │     ├── History
  │     └── Branch Data
  └── Remote Repository

This structure makes it possible to preserve history, work on different versions, and collaborate with a team.

Exercise Create and share a Git repository

Initialize a new Git repository in the project directory. Stage the README.md file and create a commit with the message First project. Finally, add https://github.com/ada/project.git as origin and push the main branch.

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# Depoyu başlat
git init

# Dosyayı kaydet
git add README.md
git commit -m "İlk proje"

# Uzak depoyu ekle
git remote add origin https://github.com/ada/project.git

# Ana dalı gönder
git push -u origin main

Test yourself

What is the main purpose of the .git directory in a repository?
- To manage the remote server's operating system
- To automatically generate HTML files
- To store repository history and Git management data
- To compress all images in the project
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To store repository history and Git management data — The .git directory stores the repository's commit history, references, and management data required by Git.

Define the repository structure

Bir Git deposunda çalışma dosyaları ve ____ klasörü birlikte bulunur.

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Bir Git deposunda çalışma dosyaları ve .git klasörü birlikte bulunur.

Components of a Git repository

Working files

Files being worked on
.git

Repository management data
Local repository

Repository copy on the computer
Remote repository

Remote repository for sharing

Next lesson: Downloading Git

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