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Git Get Started

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Summary

To start a project with Git, create a new repository with Git init, insert the file into the staging area with Git add, and then save it as commit with Git commit. The first commit is usually given the message "Initial commit" as the beginning of the project history. After that history can be viewed at any time with git.

Key points

Starting line: git init, git add, then git commit -m "message"
Git add. Set up all file changes to the staging area
The commit message should be brief, clear, and descriptive
Git log displays a list of commits along with hash and its messages

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