Basics of Git

Learn how to use the basic commands for Git!

In this guide, sections of the page are code blocks representing command line input/output. For ease of reading, lines which are user input being with $. This sybmol does not need to be typed into the terminal when executing the commands.

Furthermore, many commands use generic text to explain the user-dependent input needed. The brackets surround this are not needed in this case. For example, <repository URL> –> https://github.com/sophia-nunez/guide-to-git.git

Use the table of contents below to access our pages for the basic Git commands:


Table of contents