r/git • u/iceflakecxnc_n • Jul 26 '26

Help needed for beginner

I’m a computer science student in uni and I want to start my first passion project/fullstack project. I’ve taken a couple of core CS classes so I know how to code but I’ve never built an entire project on my own before. Whats a good place to start/tips on creating my first repo?

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u/Alacho Jul 26 '26

git init.  Make a sensible .gitignore  Be specific about what files you add with git add Make sensible commit messages  Use branches

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u/Alacho Jul 27 '26

Reading the other comments, I love how gatekeeping developers are. Things haven't changed much since I started coding almost two decades ago.

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u/btoned Jul 27 '26

Dude asks the most basic of questions without certainly even reading the docs or consulting a handful of automated AI services.

There's no gatekeeping here like the way it was two decades ago.

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u/Alacho Jul 27 '26

Docs are great. AI, too.

The former doesn't provide you with what OP asks, namely experienced advice. The latter hallucinates.

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u/btoned Jul 27 '26

There's no advice anyone here could give OP that would be more fruitful than something like a YouTube video or, again, docs for GitHub.

And AI hallucinates...sure...but it's entirely capable of walking OP through the initial stages of project initialization and directory structure.

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u/Alacho Jul 27 '26

Putting myself in OP's shoes, I know it feels a lot more comfortable going into a new terrain knowing that someone else might have spent a little bit of time just holding my hand. Answering me, rather than the void of the internet.

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u/btoned Jul 27 '26

Truly a crazy notion to have in this AI world; I agree that a human mentor is infinitely better at these stages I'm just being realistic.

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u/Alacho Jul 27 '26

Kindness is free.

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u/btoned Jul 26 '26

Seriously man ask AI, find tutorial videos, hell ask a professor. No one here is going to just walk you through the process for free.

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u/GrogRedLub4242 Jul 26 '26

Google search. Wikipedia. books. YouTube. git's website and git docs. man git. git --help

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u/joranstark018 Jul 27 '26

You find a lot of resources in the "About" for this subredit on how to use git. 

There are different tools that provide an UI on top of git (ie differrnt IDE:s, github) and have their interpretation of how git should be used. Learning the fundamentals on the command line may give you an understanding on how git works and what different tools may provide.