Intro to Git

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+title: Introduction to Git
+category: git
+---
+### Creating a New Repository
+1. Create or navigate to the directory you want under version control
+2. Run ```git init``` to start tracking changes
+
+### Checking out a Remote Repository
+1. Navigate to the location you want to clone the repo into
+2. Run ```git clone [username@host:repo]``` to clone the repo
+3. Run ```cd [repo]``` to access the repo
+
+### Adding and Committing Files
+1. Make any changes to ```[filename]```
+2. Run ```git add [filename]``` to add the changes to the index
+3. Alternatively, run ```git add *``` to add all changed files to the index
+4. To commit these changes to the head, run ```git commit -m '[message]'```
+
+### Push Commits to Remote Repository
+1. To send the changes from the head, run ```git push origin [branch name]```
+2. If you did not clone an existing remote repo and want to push to one, add it by running ```git remote add origin [server]```
+
+### Branching
+1. Create a new branch for features or bug fixes by running ```git checkout -b [branch name]```
+2. Switch branches by running ```git checkout [branch name]```
+3. Delete branch by running ```git checkout -d [branch name]```
+4. Make a branch available to others on a remote server by running ```git push origin [branch name]```
+
+### Update and Merge
+1. Update your local repo by running ```git pull```
+2. Merge another branch into your current branch by running ```git merge [branch name]```