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git commands I keep forgetting
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remotes: origin = github, upstream = the thing we forked things from | |
# sync upstream master, make sure you're on master and push back out onto github (origin) | |
git fetch --all | |
git merge upstream/master | |
git push | |
# get branch from github and make a local tracking branch | |
git checkout -b dev origin/dev | |
# push local branch to github | |
git push -u origin branch | |
# view and add remotes | |
git remote -v | |
git remote add upstream https://github.com/foo/foo.git | |
# delete old branch where changes were already merged | |
# you should do pull -p afterwards to prune all old | |
# remote tracking branches | |
git branch -d old-branch | |
# store the credentials used to log in | |
git config credential.helper store | |
# whack local changes | |
git checkout -- . | |
# pull onto a dirty working tree just like cvs update did, | |
# only do the pop if git stash actually stashed something, | |
# otherwise it might pop a different stash | |
git stash | |
git pull | |
git stash pop | |
# cherry pick a specific commit onto the current branch | |
git cherry-pick 012345 | |
# show all commits from branch which was branched from master | |
# and whether they were already cherry picked (- means already | |
# picked). Useful if thebranch is old stable and gets fixes | |
# that may need to be cherry picked onto master. The -v shows | |
# also the first line of the commit message | |
git cherry -v master thebranch | |
# pull and at the same time prune old tracking branches | |
# useful to do after the actual branches are deleted | |
# and if we forgot to delete the remote tracking branch | |
# at the same time | |
git pull -p |
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