# Beginners Guide to Git
## Intro to Git

**Git** functions as a *Version Control System*. Meaning it allows you to control each version of your project as you develop it.
**Git** allows you to:
  * Collaborate on your project with other people
  * Keep track of changes that are made
  * Refer to previous versions of your project
  * Create separate branches of your project

## Controls in Git

   1. `git init` (prepare for tracking)
   2. `git add` (start tracking file)
   3. `git commit` (save)
   4. `git status` (get the status of what git is tracking)
   5. `git diff` (see what changes have happened since last commit)

Example of `git status`:
    Jonathans-Mac:mod0resources jonpatterson$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean