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Surely even I could follow this simple guide to git.

GIT Basics

This is the basic order of any work flow. All of this is done by working in the working directory.

Start by pulling the latest version of the files down.
```
git pull
```
To add files and their changes use
```
git add *.java
```
In fact these are only fixed in the local repository, committed in the language of git, if you then commit changes use
```
git commit -am "fixed the bug"
```
However these changes still need to be pushed on the main server. To do this use
```
git push origin master
```
Git documentation good and not too hard to follow.

GIT Documentation

Git documentation good and not too hard to follow. I really like the simplicity of this simple guide to git.

GIT Tools

I use the free Netbeans IDE for programming and the latest versions have good integration with GIT.

GIT ignore file

This is an example of my .gitignore file.

# a comment - this is ignored
*.dat     # data files
*.txt     # text and data files
*.eps     # figure output
*.bmp     # figure output
*.jpg     # figure output
OLD/      # OLD directiories ignored

# Compiled source #
###################
*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so
*.a       # no .a files


# Packages #
############
# it's better to unpack these files and commit the raw source
# git has its own built in compression methods
*.7z
*.dmg
*.gz
*.iso
*.jar
*.rar
*.tar
*.zip

# NetBeans Files #
##################
nbproject/
build.xml
package-info.java

# Logs and databases #
######################
*.log
*.sql
*.sqlite

# OS generated files #
######################
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
Icon?
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db

# Backup files #
################
*.bak
*.old
*.xxx
old\
/networks/build/
/networks/dist/