Command Line Notes

cli-notes.md

Command Line Notes

Trying to start a collection of the commands/workflows/etc. that I find when looking up how to accomplish something from the Command Line.

git-notes.md

Git Commands

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Discard Changes for a Specific Directory

#==== SYNTAX
git checkout [branch] -- [path/from/root/of/repo]

#==== EXAMPLE

Alexanders-MacBook-Air-4 ⏣ ~/Projects/personal
442 ◯ : git checkout master -- src/js

Full checkout documentation

shell-notes.md

Shell Commands

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Create a Symbolic Link

#==== SYNTAX
ln -s source_file [target_file]

#==== EXAMPLE

Alexanders-MacBook-Air-4 ⏣ ~/Projects/personal
442 ◯ : ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /usr/local/bin/sublime

Full ln documentation

Create and Navigate to Directory

For bonus points, use a variable for long names.

#==== SYNTAX
[VAR]='[name-of-folder-to-create]'
mkdir $[VAR] && cd $[VAR]

#==== EXAMPLE
Alexanders-MacBook-Air-4 ⏣ ~/Projects/personal
442 ◯ : NF='themes'

Alexanders-MacBook-Air-4 ⏣ ~/Projects/personal
443 ◯ : mkdir $NF && cd $NF