GitHub cheatsheet

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GitHub cheatsheet

Set local git identity

git config --global user.email "evermoen@gmail.com"
git config --global user.name "Eddy Vermoen"

Push existing local project to new GitHub project

1. On GitHub, create a new repository
2. In local project folder, execute:

git init
git add --all
git commit -a -m "First commit"
git remote add origin https://github.com/ben-eddy74/new-project
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main
git pull --allow-unrelated-histories
git push -u origin main

• In case a merge conflict occurs, open the folder with VSCode and resolve the conflict
• In case the current branch is behind, add -f to the git push command