how to apply an older patch in local GIT repository?

Git (revision control): Will i have to initialize other folders/directories which are in my master repository?

• Hi all, Few days back i started to learn about git , so i m very beginner for git and i never used any kind of version control before it what exactly i want to do is that ----- want to use git for tracking my project local (offline) for this  i made my main folder/directory called "project" and by using $git init , i initialized it as a git repository now in project directory i made 3 sub directories or folder called design css images will i have to initialize other folders/directories which are in my master repository  ? any suggestion also for tracking my project local (offline) will be helpful for me Thanks Jamna

• Answer:

  No, you won't need to initialize (i.e, doing a git init inside) the sub-directories of "project" (the directory in which you did git init). But you will need to add any files, inside "project" and its sub-directories, which you want to track using git add command. http://git-scm.com/book provides a very good introduction of the various features of git. Reading it would be quite helpful.