WIP git cheat sheet

Git cheat sheet

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# Various handy commands
#

# Change the author of the previous commit
git commit --amend --author="Name <name@domain.com>"

# Set a global .gitignore
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore

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# Deploy to live server by pushing (http://philsturgeon.co.uk/blog/2010/02/Deploying-websites-with-Git)
#

# Makes sure we can push to a checked out branch
git config receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore

# Post receive hook at .git/hooks/post-receive

#!/bin/sh

# Update the working tree after changes have been pushed
cd ..
env -i git reset --hard

# Makes sure it is executable
chmod +x .git/hooks/post-receive