1. Download and install git from git-scm
2. Check git version

git --version

3. Let Git know who you are

git config --global user.name "your name"
git config --gloabal user.email "your email"


4. Check the status of files/project
```bash
git status


# the short way
git status  --short

# ?? - Untracked files
# A - Files added to stage
# M - Modified files
# D - Deleted files

5. Add a file to the staging enviroment

git add <"filename">
# or 
git add .

6. Committing our project files

git commit -m "our message"

# or we can commit and add commands together

git commit -am "your message"