Git: Mastering Version Control

The three stages

We have seen the different objects in Git but how do we create them? In this example, we'll see how to create a blob, tree, and commit object in the repository. We'll learn about the three stages of creating a commit.

Getting ready

We'll use the same data-model repository as seen in the last recipe:

$ git clone https://github.com/dvaske/data-model.git
$ cd data-model

How to do it…

First, we'll make a small change to the file and check git status:

$ echo "Another line" >> another-file.txt
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)