Git · Lesson 1 · On the house

git init and git status

Start a repo and see what changed. Lesson 1 is free — on the house.

Lessons · Git · Lesson 1 of 10 · On the house

Start a repo and see what changed.

git init creates a new repository with a .git directory that stores history.

git status shows the working tree vs the index vs HEAD — your map of change.

Untracked files are unknown to Git until you add them; modified files already have history.

Run status constantly — it prevents committing the wrong set of files.

Initializing inside an existing repo nests repos by mistake; check before init.

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git init
git status

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What does git init create?

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What does git status show?

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What are untracked files?

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Why run status often?

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