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# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to
track)
The comment
# Initial commit
means that the repository is ready to store the
very first commit. Let's do that.
Create the first file:
$ vi agatha-christie.txt
The file can contain the text shown in
Listing 3-1
, but that is not crucial.
Listing 3-1.
The contents of agatha-christie.txt
Novels
1943 | Five Little Pigs
1934 | Murder on the Orient Express
After the file
agatha-christie.txt
is saved, check the state of the repository
with:
$ git status -s
You will see the following output:
?? agatha-christie.txt
The two question marks
??
inform you that the
agatha-christie.txt
file is
not tracked. It is a new file that hasn't been committed. Right now, the repository is
dirty.
Create your first revision with the following two commands:
$ git add -A
$ git commit -m "First revision [Agatha Christie]"
The file is now stored in a new revision. The command:
