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Essential Source Control with Git
With the prevalence of modern DevOps culture, it is essential for almost any IT professional to have a basic understanding of source control. This activity walks through the basics of using the popular tool, Git, for source control.
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Challenge
Install and Configure Git on a Workstation
Run the following commands on the workstation host, providing your name and email address:
sudo yum install git- Accept the prompt to download and install packages.
git config --global user.email [email protected]git config --global user.name John
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Challenge
Clone the "Source Unchained" Repository from *http://github.com/linuxacademy/content-git-quickstart* to `/home/cloud_user/play` and Add a New Branch for Your Story
Run the following commands:
git clone http://github.com/linuxacademy/content-git-quickstart /home/cloud_user/playcd /home/cloud_user/playgit branch john-story
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Challenge
Add a New Story File to the Play Files and Track It in Source Control
- Switch to your new branch
git checkout john-story
- Create a new file (for example,
story.txt) with some sample content.
vim /home/cloud_user/play/johns-story.txt
- Add the file to the repository by running the following:
- Note: Make sure you are in the repository directory (assuming the filename
johns-story.txt). cd /home/cloud_user/playgit add johns-story.txt
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Challenge
Add an Entry to the File `contributers.txt`
Starting in the directory
/home/cloud_user/play:- Edit
contributers.txtto add an entry for yourself
vim contributers.txt
- You will need to let
gitknow to track the change you made by running the following:
git add contributers.txt
- Edit
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Challenge
Commit Your Changes Using the Message "airplane story"
Run
git commit -m "airplane story"from the directory/home/cloud_user/play.
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