git commit with message - Mini Project: Build & Apply

git commit with message

📖 Scenario: You are working on a small project and have made changes to a file. Now, you want to save these changes in your Git repository with a clear message explaining what you did.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to create a Git commit with a descriptive message to save your changes in the repository.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a new file called example.txt with some text

Add the file to the Git staging area

Commit the changes with a message Initial commit with example.txt

Display the commit log to verify the commit

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Saving changes with clear messages helps teams understand what was done and why, making collaboration easier.

💼 Career

Knowing how to commit with messages is a basic but essential skill for any developer or DevOps engineer working with version control.

1

Create a new file called example.txt with text

Create a file named example.txt and add the text Hello, Git! inside it.

Git

# Create the file example.txt with the text 'Hello, Git!'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

You can use the echo command to write text into a file.

2

Add example.txt to the Git staging area

Use the Git command to add the file example.txt to the staging area.

Git

echo "Hello, Git!" > example.txt
# Add example.txt to the Git staging area
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git add example.txt to stage the file.

3

Commit the changes with a message

Create a Git commit with the message Initial commit with example.txt.

Git

echo "Hello, Git!" > example.txt

git add example.txt
# Commit the changes with the message 'Initial commit with example.txt'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git commit -m "your message" to commit with a message.

4

Display the commit log to verify

Use the Git command to show the commit log and verify your commit message appears.

Git

echo "Hello, Git!" > example.txt

git add example.txt

git commit -m "Initial commit with example.txt"
# Show the commit log
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use git log --oneline to see a short commit history.