Initialising a Repository in an Existing Directory

If you wish to have a project directory under version control with GIt, do the following

$ cd /home/user/my_project
$ git init

If you wish to add existing files into the version control

$ git add *.sh
$ git add LICENSE
$ git commit --m "Gekko Menu Help Application"
[master (root-commit) c98ae91] Gekko Menu Help Application
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 mymenu.sh

You have an initial commit and tracked files. Hooray.

Checking the status of your Files

[user1@node1 menu]$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean

This means you have a clean working directory; in other words, none of your tracked files are modified.

Adding new files to your Git Directory

Let’s say you added a new file called check_license_abaqus.sh into the Project Directory, you will have something like

# On branch master
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#       check_license_abaqus.sh
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

To add files

[user1@node1 menu]$ git add check_license_abaqus.sh
[user1@node1 menu]$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#       new file:   check_license_abaqus.sh
#

To remove file

[user1@node1 menu]$ git rm check_license_abaqus.sh -f
rm 'check_license_abaqus.sh'
[user1@node1 menu]$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean

To see log, you want to use the command

[user1@node1 menu]$ git log
commit xxxxxxxxx
Author: user1 <kmyemail_used_in_Github@hotmail.com>
Date:   Sun Sep 25 23:50:33 2022 +0800

    Gekko Menu Help Application

There are many more usage. For more information, do take a look at 2.3 Git Basics – Viewing the Commit History

References:

1. 2.2 Git Basics – Recording Changes to the Repository
2. 2.3 Git Basics – Viewing the Commit History
3. 2.4 Git Basics – Undoing Things