Soon you are going to take your first step in using Git. If you would like to see a quick overview of the full Git landscape before jumping in, watch the video below.
Install SourceTree which is Git + a GUI for Git.
Suppose you want to create a repository in an empty directory things
Windows: Click File → Clone/New…. Click on Create button.
Mac: New... → Create New Repository.
Enter the location of the directory (Windows version shown below) and click Create.
Go to the things folder and observe how a hidden folder .git has been created.
Note: If you are on Windows, you might have to configure Windows Explorer to show hidden files.
Open a Git Bash Terminal.
If you installed SourceTree, you can click the Terminal button to open a GitBash terminal.
Navigate to the things directory.
Use the command git init which should initialize the repo.
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in c:/repos/things/.git/
You can use the command ls -a to view all files, which should show the .git directory that was created by the previous command.
$ ls -a
. .. .git
You can also use the git status command to check the status of the newly-created repo. It should respond with something like the bellow
git status
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# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)