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Working Directory (Working Area):
- This is the local folder on your computer where you edit and create files.
- Changes you make here are not yet tracked by Git until you add them to the staging area.
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Staging Area (Index):
- This is a temporary area where you prepare changes before committing them.
- When you run git add, it moves changes from the working directory to the staging area.
- This allows you to selectively choose which changes to include in the next commit.
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Repository (Local Repository):
- This is where your committed changes are stored permanently.
- When you run git commit, changes from the staging area are saved to the local repository, creating a new snapshot (commit) of your project’s history.
This picture provides an example of the Git architecture
