directory created, named ".git".
Next, tell git to take a snapshot of the contents of all files under the
-current directory (note the '.'), with gitlink:git-add[1]:
+current directory (note the '.'), with linkgit:git-add[1]:
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$ git add .
This snapshot is now stored in a temporary staging area which git calls
the "index". You can permanently store the contents of the index in the
-repository with gitlink:git-commit[1]:
+repository with linkgit:git-commit[1]:
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$ git commit
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You are now ready to commit. You can see what is about to be committed
-using gitlink:git-diff[1] with the --cached option:
+using linkgit:git-diff[1] with the --cached option:
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$ git diff --cached
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-(Without --cached, gitlink:git-diff[1] will show you any changes that
+(Without --cached, linkgit:git-diff[1] will show you any changes that
you've made but not yet added to the index.) You can also get a brief
-summary of the situation with gitlink:git-status[1]:
+summary of the situation with linkgit:git-status[1]:
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$ git status
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Note that git pull always merges into the current branch,
-regardless of what else is given on the commandline.
+regardless of what else is given on the command line.
Later, Bob can update his repo with Alice's latest changes using
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(The complete configuration created by git-clone is visible using
-"git config -l", and the gitlink:git-config[1] man page
+"git config -l", and the linkgit:git-config[1] man page
explains the meaning of each option.)
Git also keeps a pristine copy of Alice's master branch under the
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Alternatively, git has a native protocol, or can use rsync or http;
-see gitlink:git-pull[1] for details.
+see linkgit:git-pull[1] for details.
Git can also be used in a CVS-like mode, with a central repository
-that various users push changes to; see gitlink:git-push[1] and
+that various users push changes to; see linkgit:git-push[1] and
link:cvs-migration.html[git for CVS users].
Exploring history
you can refer to 1b2e1d63ff by the name "v2.5". If you intend to
share this name with other people (for example, to identify a release
version), you should create a "tag" object, and perhaps sign it; see
-gitlink:git-tag[1] for details.
+linkgit:git-tag[1] for details.
Any git command that needs to know a commit can take any of these
names. For example:
commits, they will be lost. Also, don't use "git reset" on a
publicly-visible branch that other developers pull from, as it will
force needless merges on other developers to clean up the history.
-If you need to undo changes that you have pushed, use gitlink:git-revert[1]
+If you need to undo changes that you have pushed, use linkgit:git-revert[1]
instead.
The git grep command can search for strings in any version of your
If you don't want to continue with that right away, a few other
digressions that may be interesting at this point are:
- * gitlink:git-format-patch[1], gitlink:git-am[1]: These convert
+ * linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-am[1]: These convert
series of git commits into emailed patches, and vice versa,
useful for projects such as the linux kernel which rely heavily
on emailed patches.
- * gitlink:git-bisect[1]: When there is a regression in your
+ * linkgit:git-bisect[1]: When there is a regression in your
project, one way to track down the bug is by searching through
the history to find the exact commit that's to blame. Git bisect
can help you perform a binary search for that commit. It is