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Git Commit

After staging your changes with git add, the next step is to commit them to your Git repository. Commits act like snapshots of your project at a specific moment in time.

What Does Git Commit Do?​

Git commit creates a snapshot of staged changes and moves these from the staging area to the HEAD (repos hostory).

Each commit includes:

  • A snapshot of the staged files

  • A unique SHA hash ID

  • A commit message

  • Author name and timestamp

Example​

git commit -m "Add homepage layout and styling"

Commit Your first Change​

Following on from git add:

  1. check you have staged changes
git status

Output:

Changes to be committed:
  new file: message.txt
note

If no changes are staged please see the git add page.

  1. Commit the changes:
git commit -m 'Adding my first commit'
  1. View commit history
git log

Output:

commit d1e8f91b45e8e1f9e4...
Author: Your Name <you@example.com>
Date:   Fri May 24 10:00 2025

    Initial commit: add version.txt

Commit Workflow​