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Git: Version Control for Everyone

By : Ravishankar Somasundaram
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Git: Version Control for Everyone

By: Ravishankar Somasundaram

Overview of this book

<div> <div>Git – is free software which enables you to maintain different versions of single or multiple files present inside a directory(folder), and allows you to switch back and forth between them at any given point of time. It also allows multiple people to work on the same file collaboratively or in parallel, without being connected to a server or any other centralized system continuously.<br /><br />This book is a step by step, practical guide, helping you learn the routine of version controlling all your content, every day. <br /><br />If you are an average computer user who wants to be able to maintain multiple versions of files and folders, or to go back and forth in time with respect to the files content – look no further. The workflow explained in this book will benefit anyone, no matter what kind of text or documentation they work on.<br /><br />This book will also benefit developers, administrators, analysts, architects and anyone else who wishes to perform simultaneous, collaborative work, or work in parallel on the same set of files. Git's advanced features are there to make your life easier.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> </div>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Git: Version Control for Everyone Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – adding complex aliases using GUI


Git Gui already has shortcuts for pretty much everything you will usually need, which we have been learning as we come across different topics, so let's understand how to chain commands using Git Gui.

  1. Open Git Gui and select the Add option from the Tools menu, which will give you an Add Tool window as follows:

  2. Enter the following values in the respective fields:

    Field name

    Field value

    Name

    Add and status

    Command

    git add . && git status

  3. Click on the Add button.

    Now you will see the newly created alias as a menu item inside the Tools menu, as shown in the following screenshot:

What just happened?

We have practically learned that we can create comfortable aliases for lengthy commands that we frequently use. We also learned and practiced methods to combine multiple commands and execute them in order, using both the CLI and GUI modes.

Tip

Homework

Create a simple alias for git log.

Then, create a chain with two commands...