Basic Git Workflow For Beginner Software Developers

Make it a habit to run

git status

1. To create a new branch

Execute

git branch <name_of_branch>

Ex:

git branch markdown

2. Checkout a branch

Run

git checkout <name_of_branch>

Once done with your changes, you want to add all changes, commit to your changes and push it to your dev repository.

a) Now you run

git status

b) Then run

git add <filename>

git add -A

3. Create a commit

Commit your changes by running

git commit -m "Your message"

4. Push to remote

Finally, you push your commit by running

git push

git push --set-upstream origin <branch_name>

If you want to delete a branch. We would go to the main branch then delete our branch from there.

a) To go to the main branch, run

git checkout <main_branch>

b) Once in the main branch, run

git branch -d <name_of_branch>

This is what I learned in an hour, with an example of the main repository from a mentor.