GitCommands

GitCommands

git config --global user.name "Tom Deeter"
git config --global user.email tdeeter@salesforce.com
git config --global color.ui true

mkdir name   //make a directory
cd name   //go inside the directory

git init  
//initializes LOCAL Git repo at /Users/deeter/name/.git/

work / stage / commit

git status   //tells us what has changed

git add filename.txt   //adds file to "stage"

git commit -m "description of files added from stage"  
//adds all staged files to local repo

git add --all  //adds all files we are working on to stage

git log  //see what you have commited

git add *.txt  //adds all .txt files in current directory
git add "*.txt"   //adds all .txt files in whole project
git add docs/   //adds all files in docs directory
git add docs/*.txt   //adds all .txt files in docs directory

git diff   /shows unstaged differences since last commit

git reset HEAD filename //removes file from stage, keeps intact
git checkout -- filename  //removes file from stage, reverts

git commit -a -m "description of change to tracked files"
//stages then commits all tracked files that have changed 

git reset --soft HEAD^  
//reverts commit (do-over) and re-stages

git reset --hard HEAD^
//reverts commit, erases satge

git commit --amend -m "description of modification"
//amends previous commit with stage and overwrites description

REMOTE REPOSITORIES (Github)

git remote add <name> <url>  //adds remote repo "bookmark"
git remote rm <name>  /remove repo from Github

git remote -v
//shows remote repos

git push -u <name> master
//pushes local branch to root Github repo - asks for credentials
git push -u <name> <branch> //pushes branch to named repo

git pull 
//pulls changes and syncs with local repo

git clone <url> rename  
//copies repo to local in directory /rename