bit is a version control system inspired by Git. The main inspiration came from 'Pro Git', a book by Scott Chacon (one of the co-founders of GitHub). The 'internals' section of the book provided insightful information about the internal workings of Git and has been a deciding factor in the development of the core workings of Bit.

Commands

1. init

   initialize a directory as bit directory

   bit init .
   

2. status

   check the status of current working directory and staging area

   bit status
   

3. add

   add files, changes to staging area inorder to make them ready to commit

   to select all the files

   bit add .
   

   for single files

   bit add <filename>
   

4. rm

   --cached is used to remove from just staging area

   bit rm --cached .
   

   to select single files

   bit rm --cached <filename>
   

   to remove from both staging area and working directory use the following command

   bit rm <filename>
   

5. Restore

   restore the file from staging area to working directory

    bit restore --staged <filename>
   

   restore the file changes from previous commit descarding the current changes

   bit restore <filename>
   

6. commit

   commit the files in staging area

   bit commit -m "<COMMIT_MSG>"
   

7. branch

   create a branch

   bit branch <BRANCH_NAME>
   

   view branches or view active branch

   bit branch -a
   

8. checkout

   switch between branches

    bit checkout <BRANCH_NAME>
   

Working of commands

Following information provides just a bird's eye view of how commands are working and it is a bit simplified inorder to make it easy to understand.

Status Command

Add Command

Commit command

Branch command

Checkout command