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How to Use Git(hub) When You Are Building with AI (Basics)

By Pawel Jozefiak

A practical beginner guide to using Git and GitHub as a checkpoint system when AI is editing your project. The useful habit is simple: commit before the agent changes anything serious, keep secrets ignored, branch for risky work, and use rollback instead of panic when the agent makes a mess.

Key Facts

  • *Git works as the safety net for AI-assisted building
  • *Clean checkpoints make rollbacks cheap
  • *Secrets and generated files need explicit ignore rules
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