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Creating a New Repository

Committing Local Changes

git init

With

, an empty repository is created in the current

Inspecting your current local changes is very similar in both systems.

folder of your local hard drive. The

git add

command then marks

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the current contents of your project directory for the next (and in

$ svn status

this case: first) commit.

$ svn diff | less

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GIT

$ svnadmin create /path/to/repo

$ git status

$ svn import /path/to/local/project http://

$ git diff

trunk -m "Initial import"

In case you’ve created new files or deleted old ones, you should tell

GIT

$ git init

Git with the

git add

and

git rm

commands. You’ll be pleased

$ git add .

to hear that it’s safe to inform Git after deleting or moving a file

$ git commit -m "Initial commit"

or even a folder. This means you should feel free to delete or move

even complete directory structures in your favorite editor, IDE, or

file browser and later confirm the action with the

add

and

rm|

Cloning a Remote Repository

commands.

Getting a copy of the project from a remote server seems almost

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$ svn add <file>

git clone

identical. However, after performing

, you have a

$ svn rm <file>

full-blown local repository on your machine, not just a working

copy.

GIT

$ git add <file>

$ git rm <file>

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$ svn checkout

svn+ssh://svn@ trunk

In its simplest form, committing can feel just like in Subversion.

-a

With the

option, you tell Git to simply add all current local

GIT

$ git clone

changes to the commit.

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$ svn commit -m "message"

Inspecting History

GIT

$ git commit -a -m "message"

log

To inspect historic commits, both systems use the

command.

Keep in mind, however, that

git log

doesn’t need to ask the

Although short-circuiting Git’s staging area like this can make

remote server for data: your project’s history is already at hand,

sense, you’ll quickly begin to love it once you understand how

saved in your local repository.

valuable it is:

You can add selected files to the staging area and even limit this to

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$ svn log | less

-p

certain parts (or even lines) of a file by specifying the

option.

This allows you to craft your commits in a very granular way and

GIT

$ git log

only add changes that belong to the same topic in a single commit.

GIT

$ git add <file1> <file2>

$ git add -p <file3>

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