Version Control with Git

# Check Git version
git --version

# Check installation location
which git  # macOS/Linux
where git  # Windows

# Replace with your actual name and GitHub email
git config --global user.name "Your Full Name"
git config --global user.email "your.github@email.com"

# View all global configuration
git config --global --list

# Check specific values
git config --global user.name
git config --global user.email

# Navigate to your project folder
cd ~/my-geo-project

# Initialize Git repository
git init

# Check repository status
git status

# Clone a repository from GitHub
git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/gispro-fall26.git

# Add specific files
git add analysis.py

# Add all files in current directory
git add .

# See status of all files
git status

# See detailed changes
git diff

# Commit with inline message
git commit -m "Add rainfall analysis function"

# Commit all tracked files (skip staging)
git commit -am "Update visualization parameters"

git commit -m "Add NDVI calculation for Landsat 8 imagery"
git commit -m "Fix coordinate transformation bug in UTM conversion"
git commit -m "Update flood mapping algorithm to handle edge cases"

# Add remote repository
git remote add origin https://github.com/<your-username>/<repo-name>.git

# Push to GitHub (first time)
git push -u origin main

# Push subsequent changes
git push

# Pull changes from GitHub
git pull

# Create new branch for experimental feature
git checkout -b satellite-analysis

# List all branches
git branch

# Switch back to main branch
git checkout main

# Merge feature branch into main
git merge satellite-analysis

# Delete merged branch
git branch -d satellite-analysis

# View commit history
git log

# Compact one-line format
git log --oneline

# View specific file history
git log -- data_processing.py

# Undo last commit but keep changes
git reset --soft HEAD~1

# Format: <type>: <description>
git commit -m "feat: add NDVI calculation for Sentinel-2"
git commit -m "fix: handle NoData values in elevation processing"
git commit -m "docs: update README with installation instructions"