Exercise 1.1

Try This

Start a new git repository for an existing code base

$ cd /path/to/my/codebase
$ git init

Exercise 1.2

Linux users can Try This

$ ls -lA

Note:

You should find a .git directory inside the repo folder that you just created.

Exercise 1.3

Try This in a different folder

$ cd /path/to/different/folder
$ ls -lA
$ git log
fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD'

Note:

You can't find a .git directory inside the repo folder that you just created because you have not initialised the repository.

Exercise 1.4

Try This

$ git status

# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)

Create index.md and add some text.

$ git status

# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#   index.md
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)