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/* Set up Git Configuration */
git config --global user.email "you@yourdomain.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global core.editor "vi"
git config --global color.ui true
/* See Git configuration */
git config --list
/* to initialise a local repository */
git init
/* adds a file to the repo */
git add
/* commit the change to git */
git commit -m "Message goes here"
/* see the commits */
git log
/* Git has a 3 Tier Architecture: Working - Staging Index - Respository
Changes to files are put in a Checksum SHA-1 hash 40digit value containing parent hash, author and message.
HEAD is the latest commit of the checked out branch */
/* Basic Commands */
git status /* the command 'git status' tells which files are not added or committed from Working to Staging to Repository */
git commit -m "" /* Commits and changes to all files that are in Staging Tier into Repository */
git diff /* show changes between Working and Repository, no file supplied shows all files */
git diff --staged /* shows changes between Staged and Respository */
git rm file.txt /* will remove file from working then git commit -m "" to also remove from Repo */
git rm --cached file.txt /* leaves copy of file in Working but removes from Staging and Repo */
git mv /* rename or move files - then git commit -m "" to move to Repo */
git commit -am "text goes here" /* adds all files straight to Repo from Staging if they have changes - meaning they skip git add */
git checkout -- file.txt /* restore Repo file to Working Directory using current branch */
git reset HEAD file.txt /* Move a Stage file out of Stage back to Working */
git commit --amend -m "message" file.txt /* Change last commit to Repo (only last one can change) */
/* Reverting --soft --mixed --hard will go back to previous commits*/
git log /* gets the sha1s so you can see the coomits where you want revert back to */
git reset --soft sha /* changes Repo but not STaging or Working */
git reset --mixed sha /* changes Repo and STaging but not Working */
git reset --hard sha /* changes all 3 Tiers */
git clean -f /* remove untracked files from Working */
.gitignore /* ignores files to track in Working / track the .gitignore file */
Global Ignore /* create in home folder */
.gitignore_global
/* Add in */
.DS_Store
.Trashes
.Spotlight_V100
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global /* add to gitconfig */
/* Stop tracking changes */
git rm --cached file.txt /* leaves copy in Repo and Working */
/* Track Folders changes
Add an invisble file to a folder like .gitkeeper then add and commit */
/* Commit Log */
git ls-tree HEAD
git ls-tree master
git log --oneline
git log --author="Neil"
git log --grep="temp"
/* Show Commits */
git show dc094cb /* show SHA1 */
/* Compare Commits
Branches */
git branch /* Show local branches * is the one we are on */
git branch -r /* Shows remote branches */
git branch -a /* Shows local and remote */
git branch newbranch /* creates a new branch */
git checkout newbranch /* switch to new branch */
git checkout -b oldbranch /* creates and switches to new branch */
/* Diff in Branches */
git diff master..otherbranch /* shows diff */
git diff --color-words master..otherbranch /* shows diff in color */
git branch --merged /* shows any merged branches */
/* Rename Branch */
git branch -m oldname newname
/* Delete Branch */
git branch -d nameofbranch
/* Merge Branch */
git merge branchname /* be on the receiver branch */
/* Merge Conflicts between the same file on 2 branches are marked in HEAD and other branch */
git merge --abort /* Abort basically cancels the merge */
/* Manually Fix Files and commit
The Stash */
git stash save "text message here"
git stash list /* shows whats in stash */
git stash show -p stash@{0} /* Show the diff in the stash */
git stash pop stash@{0} /* restores the stash deletes the tash */
git stash apply stash@{0} /* restores the stash and keeps the stash */
git stash clear /* removes all stash */
git stash drop stash@{0}
/* Remotes
You fetch from the remote server, merge any differences - then push any new to the remote - 3 branches work remote server branch, local origin master and local master
Create a repo in GitHub, then add that remote to your local repo */
git remote add origin https://github.com/neilgee/genesischild.git /* origin can be named whatever followed by the remote */
git remote /* to show all remotes */
git remote show origin /*to see remote URL*/
git remote remove origin /* to remove remote */
git remote rm origin /* to remove remote */
/* Push to Remote from Local */
git push -u origin master
/* Cloning a GitHub Repo - create and get the URL of a new repository from GitHub, then clone that to your local repo, example below uses local repo named 'nameoffolder' */
git clone https://github.com/neilgee/genesischild.git nameoffolder
/* Push to Remote from Local - more - since when we pushed the local to remote we used -u parameter then the remote branch is tracked to the local branch and we just need to use... */
git push
/* Fetch changes from a cloned Repo */
git fetch origin /* Pulls down latest committs to origin/master not origin, also pull down any branches pushed to Repo
Fetch before you work
Fetch before you pull
Fetch often */
/* Merge with origin/master */
git merge origin/master
/* git pull = git fetch + git merge
Checkout/Copy a remote branch to local */
git branch branchname origin/branchname /* this will bring the remote branch to local and track with the remote */
/* Delete branch */
git branch -d branchname
/* Checkout and switch branch and track to remote */
git checkout -b nontracking origin/nontracking
/* Remove remote branch */
git push origin --delete branch
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