Gokking the Git

Delete remote branch

# deletes the local remote-tracking branch, but not the actual remote branch
git branch -rd origin/[branch name]

# To delete the actual remote branch
git push origin --delete [branch name]

Merge Unrelated

# had a need to merge existing repo into a newly created repo without loosing history or either
# given repo A (new repo), and repo B (existing repo)

git clone A
git clone B
cd A
git remote add B ../B
git fetch --all
git merge --allow-unrelated-histories B/master

Replace remote master

# will overwrite any existing master branch
git push -f origin master

Setup Remote Tracking Branch

  # push local branch to remote with tracking
  git push -u origin [branch name]
  
  
  # for existing branch
  git branch -u [origin]/[branch name]

Squash

git merge --squash [branch name]
git commit