Github Commands

useful-github-commands.sh

#Clone and checkout a single github branch
git clone --single-branch --branch <branchname> <remote-repo>

#delete all local branches matching pattern
git branch | grep "mh/#*" | xargs git branch -D

#set up git post-receive hooks for autodeployment
#source: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-automatic-deployment-with-git-with-a-vps

#on VPS:
cd /var/repo
mkdir [site].git && cd [site].git
git init --bare
cd hooks
cat > post-receive

#in post-receive file:
#!/bin/sh
git --work-tree=/var/www/[domain].com --git-dir=/var/repo/[site].git checkout -f
#write, quit

chmod +x post-receive

#on Local Machine in repo root:
git remote add live ssh://root@[domain].com/var/repo/site.git
git push live master