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For details on the branch structure see:  Branch Structure

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Opening a git bash prompt, navigating to the directory in which sg is installed and typing the command "sg clone" will then download a local copy of the Source repositories.

Terminology 

• Commit: stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along with a log message from the user describing the changes

• Branch: a pointer to a commit

• Master: the default name for the first branch

• HEAD: a pointer to the most recent commit on the current branch

• Merge: joining two or more commit histories

• Workspace: the colloquial name for your local copy of a Git repository

• Working tree: the current branch in your workspace; you see this in git status output all the time

• Cache: a space intended to temporarily store uncommitted changes

• Index: the cache where changes are stored before they are committed

• Tracked and untracked files: files either in the index cache or not yet added to it

• Stash: another cache, that acts as a stack, where changes can be stored without committing them

• Origin: the default name for a remote repository

• Local repository: another term for where you keep your copy of a Git repository on your workstation

• Remote repository: a secondary copy of a Git repository where you push changes for collaboration or backup

• Upstream repository: the colloquial term for a remote repository that you track

• Pull request: a GitHub-specific term to let others know about changes you've pushed to a branch in a repository

• Merge request: a GitLab-specific term to let others know about changes you've pushed to a branch in a repository

• 'origin/master': the default setting for a remote repository and its primary branch

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