Chapter One Git at a glance

While this series of articles focuses on GitHub, it is also helpful to understand the basic concepts and terminology of git first.

Working directory (working directory)

The working directory is a directory on your personal computer. In this directory, each developer has a complete set of code files and copies of the associated files. In this working directory of the code files, git will be able to automatically version control.

git files

In the working directory, there are additional files that Git uses to describe other managed files. That's the. gitattributes and. Gitignore two files,

Chapter One Git at a glance