Git is a version control system. It allows you to track any/all changes to your project.

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It's also a very easy way to share code with everyone. Like we do on our Github repo.

You can also use Git to deploy (aka send) your code to a live production service on services like Heroku, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and others.

(Optional) Follow this guide using our blank Django project

1. Install git via:

Download Heroku CLI (preferred)
Homebrew
From git-scm itself.

2. Open Terminal and Verify installation

$ git --version
git version 2.13.1

3. Initialize git in a directory (folder) you want to "track" changes with.

$ cd ~/Dev/cfehome/
$ git init

4. Create .gitignore

The purpose of this is to "ignore" files from being tracked with git. This helps save space and removes unnecessary files. All kinds of pre-built software gitignore files can be found here

$ echo "*.py[cod]
.DS_Store
__pycache__/
*.py[cod]
*$py.class
" > .gitignore

5. Check files status

$ git status
On branch master

Initial commit

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

	db.sqlite3
	manage.py
	cfehome/
	requirements.txt

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

6. Add all files and commit

$ git add --all
$ git commit -m "Add commit message"

7. With a remote repo ready (create below), you just have to push changes

$ git push origin master

Create a Github Repository (remote git repo)

Create Account & Login on https://github.com
Add New Repository
Give it a name and description. Do not add .gitignore or readme unless you know what you're doing.
Follow instructions for "adding to existiing respository".
Push Local File!

$ git push origin master

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