1
git init
Start keeping history in this folder.
Save history
Git watches a folder and remembers snapshots.
It is like Save As with a timeline. You can see what changed and undo a mess. GitHub is a website that stores those snapshots online. Git itself works on your phone with no account. You do not need GitHub yet.
2
git add .
These files should be in the next snapshot.
3
git commit -m "First programs"
Take the snapshot now, with a short note to future-you.
Five words later
status — what changed since last snapshot.
add — mark files to include.
commit — save a snapshot.
log — list old snapshots.
diff — show the exact text that changed.
Stage 4 is the lab
This page is the dictionary. The typed session lives on the Path when that installment opens. For now, know that Git is writing about writing, not a second Python.
Next step
HTML is the skeleton of a web page. It can wait.