For details on the branch structure see: Branch Structure
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Download the latest git-scm installer from: https://git-scm.com/downloads and install on your system (current verified version is 2.24.0).
When installing git-scm select the defaults below are what those options look like. (note: on the default editor for git can be any text editor of your choice).
Download the following zip: sg-install.zip
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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 statusoutput all the timeCache: 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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