My Git Workflow

This is, historically, how I’ve used the index: I ignored it until I was comfortable with more of Git, and now I use it for a more productive workflow than I had with other VCS’s. I’m not recommending this particular workflow; instead, I’m hoping that it can further illustrate the relation between the workspace, the index, and the repository; and also the more general idea of using Git to build a workflow. A number of local edits adds up to something I checkpoint to the index via “ ”; after a while I’ve collected something I’m ready to commit; and every so many commits I push everything so far to a remote repository, for backup (although I’ve got other backup systems), and for sharing.

Source: blog.osteele.com