====== Git Terms ======

Below is a list of the most common Git terms you need to know.

 

^Term^Description^
|Working Directory|A view of your local Git repository which contains a list of uncommitted changes to files.|
|Master Branch|A view of your local Git repository which contains a list of files that have been committed locally or pulled from a remote Git repository|
|Origin|The name for the repository that the current local Git repository was cloned from.|
|Pull|Downloads changes from a remote Git repository to your local Git repository.|
|Merge|Merges changes from a pull into your local Master branch. Some Git UI tools perform a Pull and Merge in one operation.|
|Push|Uploads committed changes from your local master branch to a remote repository|
|Diff|Displays the difference between versions of a file, or lists all the changes for a particular commit.|
|Commit|Moves changes from your local working directory to your local master branch. Each commit should contain a short description and signed off by the local developer. Each commit is assigned a unique id so that it can be identified later.|
|Blame|A Git tool that identifies who changed a particular line in a file and when it was changed.|
|+|A new file to be added to your local Git repository – as seen in your “Working Directory”|
|-|A file that is to be deleted from your local Git repository – as seen in your ‘Working Directory”|
|+++|A new line added to a file – as seen in Git Diff|
|---|A line removed from a file – as seen in Git Diff|
|{{plus.png?16x16}}|A new file|
|{{minus.png?16x16}}|The file has been deleted|
|{{change.png?17x16}}|The file has been updated|
{{equal.png?16x16}}|The file in Git is identical to the source in OpenInsight|