Configure Git in Android Studio

Install Git

Before installing Android Studio, you need to install Git first. You can download and install Git from the Git official website: https://git-scm.com/downloads

Configure Git in Android Studio

In Android Studio, click "File" -> "Settings", select "Version Control" in the pop-up window, and then select "Git".

On this page, you need to set the path to the Git executable file. In Windows systems, the path to the Git executable file is C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe by default. If you installed Git in a different location, you need to modify it here.

Configure Git username and email

In Android Studio, click "File" -> "Settings", select "Version Control" in the pop-up window, and then select "Git" to set the Git user name and email on this page.

Initialize Git repository

To use Git in Android Studio, you need to initialize the Git repository in the project. In Android Studio, click "VCS" -> "Import into Version Control" -> "Create Git Repository", and then select your project path.

Submit code

Uploading code in Android Studio is very easy. To commit changes, click the "Commit Changes" button in the lower left corner. In the pop-up window, write a brief summary and click the "Commit" button.

More advanced operations can be done using the command line or other Git clients. However, the Git plugin in Android Studio provides many easy-to-use and powerful features to easily complete version control tasks.

Using git in Android Studio you can submit code by following these steps

1. Open the project in Android Studio and right-click the project name in the Project panel on the left, select Git -> Repository -> Commit Directory.

2. In the Commit Changes window that pops up, you can see a list of all modified files. Enter the commit instructions in the Commit Message text box below.

3. Click the Commit button to submit the code to the local warehouse.

4. If you need to push the code to the remote warehouse, you can click VCS -> Git -> Push on the menu bar in Android Studio, select the remote warehouse and enter the user name and password, and click the Push button.

5. If you need to roll back the code to a previous version, you can click VCS -> Git -> Show History on the menu bar in Android Studio, select the historical version you want to roll back, right-click it, and select Reset Current Branch to Here. .

6. If you need to undo the modification of a file, you can right-click the file in Android Studio and select Git -> Revert. After confirmation, the file will be restored to the previous version.

There is a faster way to pull code from the warehouse and push code to the warehouse in the upper toolbar of Android.

PS：

1. You can also directly right-click on a modified file

It will also quickly locate the git submission file.

You can see that there is not only commit in the menu, but also operations such as viewing the historical modification records of the file & rolling back the code.

2. View the local modification record of a file

For some files that have not been submitted, Android Studio will save some modification records locally. You do not need to keep pressing Ctrl+S during the process of writing code to save, Android Studio will automatically save them.

In this way, when you need to roll back to a certain modification, you can quickly open the local modification record.

To view Git logs in Android Studio, follow these steps:

1. Open Android Studio, open the project, and enter the Version Control menu.

2. Click Log in the left panel to see Git's commit log.

3. In the Git Log window, you can see details such as the author of each commit, commit time, commit message, modified files, etc. You can view all commits by scrolling and dragging the scroll bar.

4. If you want to see the commit history of a specific file, you can right-click the file and select Git -> Show History.

5. In the Git History window, you can see all the commit history of the file, including details such as author, time, commit message, number of modified lines, and more.

6. You can also use filters to filter commits, such as by author, file name, commit message, etc.

7. Finally, if you need to undo a commit, you can right-click it in the Git Log and select Revert. This will create a new commit, undoing the changes made by that commit.