Git
Last updated: 2024, Mon Jun 3rd at 13:48 CDT
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Hosting sites that use git and are popular include GitLab Codeberg GitHub and Gitea.
To Install: #
Preferred method
Git can be easily installed though your package manager
sudo pacman -S git
sudo apt install git
sudo dnf install git
sudo zypper in git
Essentials #
In most cases users will use the Git terminal command git clone https://<git targert> to clone Git repositories. Programs like VSCodium do integrate well with Git but more specialized Git GUIs like
GitKrakenmaybe required.
Extras #
There a lot of CLI commands and options consult the full documentation, the Arch wiki, or the man/help pages from the terminal