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Clone a new repo

We will be working with the terminal a bit today, so let’s open up the terminal by going to the menu bar:

Then clicking on New Terminal:

Start by cloning this repo:

git clone https://github.com/albertkun/24SU-ASIAAM-191A-Git-Practicing.git

Watch where you run terminal commands!

Make sure to note that where you run the terminal command is where the git clone will run and thus copy the folder into. DO NOT run this inside of another repository or you will create a lot of problems and break your git capabilities.

Navigating the Terminal/Command Prompt

  • To move up a directory use cd ..
  • To see what directory and files type in Mac/Linux: ls or Windows: dir
  • To make a directory use mkdir aNewFolderName
  • To move into a directory use cd aNewFolderName

Here are the basic git commands for adding new changes:

git add .
git commit -am "message"
git push

These commands are identical to what we do in the source control tab in VS Code:

  1. Is the git add .
  2. Is the git commit with a message
  3. Is the git push