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First local-to-remote Git sync

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6 ordered steps, from Repository to Push.

Git fundamentals

  1. Step 1: Repository

    Start here because every later Git action needs a project history to act on. The learner needs to know what is being tracked before deciding what should change.

  2. Step 2: Working directory

    This is where the learner's unsaved edits first appear, so it connects the abstract repository to the files they can see and change.

  3. Step 3: Staging area

    After edits exist, staging teaches the learner how to choose which pieces belong in the next saved unit instead of committing everything blindly.

  4. Step 4: Commit

    Once changes are staged, committing turns a loose set of edits into a named checkpoint that other Git operations can move, share, or undo.

  5. Step 5: Remote

    A local checkpoint is not yet collaboration-ready; introducing the remote explains where the shared copy of the work will live.

  6. Step 6: Push

    Push is the handoff from private progress to shared history, making it the natural endpoint for a first successful Git loop.