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Creating a local repository

Creating a local repository in Git is a simple process that involves using the git init command in your terminal or Git Bash. Here is an example of how to create a local repository:

  1. Navigate to the directory where you want to create the repository:
$ cd /path/to/your/project
  1. Initialize the repository:
$ git init
This will create a new Git repository in the current directory. You can confirm that a repository has been created by running the following command:
$ ls -al .git

This will list the contents of the .git directory, which is where Git stores the repository information.

Now that you have created a local repository, you can start tracking files and committing changes to the repository. For example, you can create a new file in the directory, stage the changes, and then commit the changes:

$ echo "This is a sample file" > sample.txt
$ git add sample.txt
$ git commit -m "Add sample file"

In this example, the echo command is used to create a new file named sample.txt with the contents "This is a sample file". The git add command is used to stage the changes, and the git commit command is used to commit the changes with the message "Add sample file".

These are the basic steps to create a local repository and start tracking changes in Git. You can add, commit, and track changes to as many files as you need in your repository.



Next: Staging and committing changes

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