# Working with files in AWS CodeCommit repositories
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In CodeCommit, a file is a version-controlled, self-contained piece of information available to you and other users of the repository and branch where the file is stored. You can organize your repository files with a directory structure, just as you would on a computer. Unlike your computer, CodeCommit automatically tracks every change to a file. You can compare versions of a file and store different versions of a file in different repository branches.

To add or edit a file in a repository, you can use a Git client. You can also use the CodeCommit console, the AWS CLI, or the CodeCommit API.

![\[A view of creating a file in the CodeCommit console\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/images/codecommit-create-file.png)


For information about working with other aspects of your repository in CodeCommit, see [Working with repositories](repositories.md), [Working with pull requests](pull-requests.md), [Working with branches](branches.md), [Working with commits](commits.md), and [Working with user preferences](user-preferences.md). 

**Topics**
+ [Browse files in an AWS CodeCommit repository](how-to-browse.md)
+ [Create or add a file to an AWS CodeCommit repository](how-to-create-file.md)
+ [Edit the contents of a file in an AWS CodeCommit repository](how-to-edit-file.md)