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+stage: none
+group: unassigned
+info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
+comments: false
+---
+
+# Getting Started
+
+## Instantiating Repositories
+
+- Create a new repository by instantiating it through:
+
+  ```shell
+  git init
+  ```
+
+- Copy an existing project by cloning the repository through:
+
+  ```shell
+  git clone <url>
+  ```
+
+## Central Repositories
+
+- To instantiate a central repository a `--bare` flag is required.
+- Bare repositories don't allow file editing or committing changes.
+- Create a bare repository with:
+
+  ```shell
+  git init --bare project-name.git
+  ```
+
+## Instantiate workflow with clone
+
+1. Create a project in your user namespace.
+   - Choose to import from **Any Repository by URL** and use <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/training-examples.git>.
+1. Create a '`Workspace`' directory in your home directory.
+1. Clone the '`training-examples`' project.
+
+```shell
+mkdir ~/workspace
+cd ~/workspace
+
+git clone git@gitlab.example.com:<username>/training-examples.git
+cd training-examples
+```
+
+## Git concepts
+
+**Untracked files**
+
+New files that Git has not been told to track previously.
+
+**Working area**
+
+Files that have been modified but are not committed.
+
+**Staging area**
+
+Modified files that have been marked to go in the next commit.
+
+## Committing Workflow
+
+1. Edit '`edit_this_file.rb`' in '`training-examples`'
+1. See it listed as a changed file (working area)
+1. View the differences
+1. Stage the file
+1. Commit
+1. Push the commit to the remote
+1. View the Git log
+
+```shell
+# Edit `edit_this_file.rb`
+git status
+git diff
+git add <file>
+git commit -m 'My change'
+git push origin master
+git log
+```
+
+## Note
+
+- `git fetch` vs `git pull`
+- Pull is `git fetch` + `git merge`