Intro to Git & GitHub - Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp Day 3 (2024-06-19)

In this lecture we go over the version control program Git.
We learn to initialize a Git repository and include files in version control.
We learn about the two-step process of first adding files to the staging area, then finally making a commit.
We learn to check the status of the Git repository as well as see the log of commits.
We also learn about checking what was changed with the difference subcommand.
We learn to push the code to GitHub, a remote location we can set up. The main remote is usually called origin.
The lesson introduces GitHub, a code collaboration platform that is like social media for developers and coding.
You make a repository and learn about the features in GitHub. You learn that GitHub is just a front for actual Git operations that were previously done in the terminal.
You see how GitHub makes it convenient to see the history of commits and to traverse the code base and see how it evolved with time. You can even see who changed what in each line using the Blame function.