Project Management

Version control

Version control is a system that keeps track of every change made to a file in the process of making a project, and saves all the versions of it for each change you make.

Why is this important?

You will be able to restore any change as every version updated is stored. You can easily find what was changed and who made the change, so it is very helpful for collaborative projects.

My first step was installing and setting up git

Git is an open source, free distributed and very popular version control system

I installed git for windows on my computer.

Once I had it installed I started the setting up.

1. Establish user name

git config --global user.name testuser

I replaced "testuser" with my name.

2. Establish user email

git config --global user.email testuser@example.com

I replaced "testuser@example.com" with my email.

3. Check information

git config --list

It should look like the image below

My second step was creating the local repo

1. Create a new file in my computer

2. Copy the path




3. Set the repo location

cd path

I replaced the word "path" with the location of my file (ex: documents/fab2019/mary

My third step was copying from gitlab to my computer

1. Copy gitlab's url



2. Clone the archives

git clone path

I replaced the word "path" with this URL git@gitlab.fabcloud.org:academany/fabacademy/2019/labs/tecsup/students/mary-vicente.git

Finally, the test

1. Make a modification in the local repo, adding or deleting a file for example

2. Check status

git status

3. Stage the changes

git add .

4. Commit the file that you've staged in local repository

git commit -m message

I replaced "message" with a label for the change made (ex:deletedimg5)



5. Send changes to the remote repository

git push origin master

Git credential appears the first time you push. Enter user name and password for gitlab