The Git index, along with the need to use the "git add" command before performing a commit, is often a source of confusion for beginners. These "git add" examples will make things clear.

That's how easy it is to use the git remote add origin command when there is no commit history on the remote server. After you add the remote server to your local Git installation, you can perform ...

Now that you have your repository cloned to your local machine, add (or create) all the code you need for the repository into the new directory and issue the command: git add .

Jack Wallen shows how to use the .gitconfig file for global git configurations and a more efficient developer setup.

Even Windows uses Git, though it’s on private internal repositories using Microsoft’s Virtual File System for Git to handle the sheer scale of its code base, downloading only assets that are ...