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+# Getting Started
+
+----------
+
+## Instantiating Repositories
+
+* Create a new repository by instantiating it through
+```bash
+git init
+```
+* Copy an existing project by cloning the repository through
+```bash
+git clone <url>
+```
+
+----------
+
+## Central Repos
+
+* To instantiate a central repository a `--bare` flag is required.
+* Bare repositories don't allow file editing or committing changes.
+* Create a bare repo with
+```bash
+git init --bare project-name.git
+```
+
+----------
+
+## Instantiate workflow with clone
+
+1. Create a project in your user namespace
+  - Choose to import from 'Any Repo by URL' and use
+    https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/training-examples.git
+2. Create a '`Workspace`' directory in your home directory.
+3. Clone the '`training-examples`' project
+
+----------
+
+## Commands
+
+```
+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
+
+----------
+
+## Commands
+
+```
+# 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 pull
+* Pull is git fetch + git merge