--- title: How to Use Git: A Beginner's Guide – Real Python | daily.dev description: A step-by-step beginner's guide to using Git for version control in a Python project. Covers installing Git, initializing a repository, staging files with git... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-git-a-beginner-s-guide-real-python-cmisou8me twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Use Git: A Beginner's Guide – Real Python | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step beginner's guide to using Git for version control in a Python project. Covers installing Git, initializing a repository, staging files with git... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-git-a-beginner-s-guide-real-python-cmisou8me og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CMIsOu8me.png og:image:alt: How to Use Git: A Beginner's Guide – Real Python og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Use Git: A Beginner's Guide – Real Python **[Real Python](https://daily.dev/sources/rpython)** · 20 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step beginner's guide to using Git for version control in a Python project. Covers installing Git, initializing a repository, staging files with git add, creating commits, writing good commit messages, using .gitignore to exclude sensitive files, tracking changes with git diff, viewing history with git log, renaming files with git mv, and recovering from mistakes using git restore. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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