Create Your Local Git Repository | DevOps Series 3

Learn how to create your first local Git repository using commands.

Create Your Local Git Repository

Git is a version control system that allows you to track changes made to the code over time and what changed and who changed the code. Every project must use Git. Git is highly recommended among software developers. When working with multiple developers, you can easily handle multiple versions of code using Git in easy way.

You will know the power of Git when working with multiple developers and multiple projects/products.

Creating a Git project is a simple process. Let’s see them in a step-by-step example.

Step 1: Install Git

Before you can create a Git project, you’ll need to have Git installed on your machine. You can download the latest version of Git from the official website by Googling and install it on your computer.

If you don’t know how to install Git, please use the below link.

Install Git On Windows and Mac | DevOps Series 2

Step 2: Set up a new repository

In Git, you will hear two terms.

1. Repository(repo) — Root folder which contains all the branch folders
2. Branch — A folder that contains each version of your code.

Once you have Git installed, you can set up a new repository for your project. To do this, open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory where you want to create your repository. Then, run the following command.

git init

The above command will make your current folder as Git repository. After executing the above command you will get the below response.

Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/bharathiraja/Documents/erp/.git/

Use the ls command to check whether it is a git repo or not.

ls -la

#output
drwxr-xr-x   4 bharathiraja  staff   128 Apr  6 16:29 .
drwx------+ 93 bharathiraja…