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Repository

aka: repoaka: git repo

The Quick Version

The tracked home of your project's code and its full history.

How it actually works

A repository is a folder that Git watches. It stores every version of every file you have committed, plus branches and messages describing what changed. A remote repository (on GitHub, for instance) is a copy hosted online.

Why does it matter?

It is your undo history, your backup, and the thing hosting platforms read to deploy your site.

Example

github.com/yourname/landscape-pro is a remote repository.