Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register

Groups > comp.os.linux.misc > #77810

basic git operations

Show all headers | View raw

  I hope this is the correct newsgroup!

  I taught relativity courses in adult education centers,
  but I do not get "git". Even the most basic uses are a
  total mystery to me.

  Before, I edit a project folder, I just make a zipped
  backup of the whole folder. This is my version control.
  From time to time, I delete some older zip files, then.

  Today, I decided to give git another try, and it was,
  again, not easy. I decided, for now, to just use it as
  a delta optimized backup solution for versions. As a start.

  But it seams, even the dear chatbot does not know the most
  basic parts.

  I copied my project files and directories to a directory D.

  Then, in D (i.e., after "cd D"), I said,

git init .
git add .

  and got "fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree".
  What is a work tree?? (Don't answer this! By now I know.)

  Only after a long dialog, we figured out, git has to be told
  where that work tree is supposed to be for you, so:

git init .
set "GIT_WORK_TREE=D"
git add .
. . .

  (or use "git --work-tree=D"). This, then, worked.

  So how come even the chatbot can't get something simple as this
  right the first time? Maybe I'm using the wrong approach?

  I'm using git on Windows, by the way, and have no other 
  variables set starting with "GIT_" in my environment.

  I just need these four operations:

- Do whatever is needed once to setup the repo.
- Add all my files to the repo as a new "version".
- List all versions added so far.
- Extract one of the listed versions from the repo.

  And to do this I now use (always after "cd D"):

- git init
- set "GIT_WORK_TREE=D"; git add .; git commit -m "..."
- git log --oneline
- git checkout ...

  . As I know that my git brain is very small, I try to make things
  as simple as possible for myself. As soon as terms like "staging
  area" are mentioned, my tiny git brain totally shuts down.

Back to comp.os.linux.misc | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 18:08 +0000
  Re: basic git operations Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-22 18:33 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 18:46 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:34 +0000
      Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 21:13 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-22 21:59 +0000
        Re: basic git operations Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-22 23:11 +0000
  Re: basic git operations pa@see.signature.invalid (Pierre Asselin) - 2025-11-22 19:52 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:10 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-22 21:57 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-24 20:23 +0000
        Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-24 20:38 +0000
        Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-24 23:37 +0000
          Re: basic git operations Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-25 22:06 +0000
            Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-26 00:53 +0000
  Re: basic git operations Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-11-22 20:00 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:19 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-11-22 20:24 +0000
        Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:37 +0000
  Re: basic git operations Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-24 19:51 +0000
    Re: basic git operations Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-24 22:27 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-24 23:41 +0000

csiph-web