git 101

git.md

Download Git @ https://git-scm.com/downloads , or sudo pacman -S git for arch based distros

Before you Start

Give your commits a signature / credits

$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

local repo

git init to initialize git inside your current directory
git add to track a file
git add . to track all files in directory
git rm --cached <file name> to untrack a file
git commit to commit the added/staged files\

• -m "<message here>"
• -m "<message here>" -m "<description here>" git commit -am to commit files that you tracked before (no need to git add them)
  git status to see which files are (un)tracked or modified
  git checkout <branch name> to change the current branch

remote repo

git clone <repo link> to clone a remote repo to your local machine inside the current directory

link your branch to a remote repo

unlink your branch from a remote repo

git <branch> --unset-upstream

To save your GitHub / Git Lab credentials

> git config credential.helper store
> git push https://example.com/repo.git
Username: <type your username>
Password: <type your password/token>