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New to Git / Questions about single user / multiple projects

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Rob (gmail) <robvanb@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 19, 2009, 01:52 UTC
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<a2db4dd50908181852s1e2c64fen8b883faf76b3136d@mail.gmail.com>

I'm new to git and have some (I think) basic questions that I have not been able to find answers to in the documentation. It's very possible that these are the result of my lack in understanding git / version control, so feel free to point me to documentation that might contain the answers.

I'm doing ERP development for my job and various 'hobby' development in my spare time. I'd like to track/store/ version control the code that I write for both work and play. I am (currently) working by myself, no need to have multiple developers working of the same code.

Q1: Can I create a single repository (project?) for all my code, knowing that there are multiple small, unrelated projects. Or should I create a new repository for each project ?

Q2: After initalizing my repository, and comitting the 1st batch of code: When further working on the code, will the command "git add ." add all changed and new files ? Or do I specifically need to list the new files ?

Q3: Can I run 'git add x' in any subdirectory, or do I need to issue
if from the root of the project ?
Thanks,
Rob.

-- When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout

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