Git commands

git-commands.md

Change remote url

git remote set-url origin new.git.url/here

Migrating code to new repo

• Create github repo
• git remote set-url origin new.git.url/here
• git init in repo to migrate
• Prune/Cleanup the local references to remote branch
  • show branches to prune: git remote prune origin --dry-run
  • prune all branches: git remote prune origin
• Push to master git push -u origin/master

Create a new "subbranch"

git checkout -b branchname_here

View remote branches

git remove -v

Delete a local branch

To delete the local branch use one of the following:

git branch -d branch_name git branch -D branch_name

Delete a remote branch

git push -d origin <branch_name>

Sources

• http://www.fizerkhan.com/blog/posts/Clean-up-your-local-branches-after-merge-and-delete-in-GitHub.html
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2432764/how-to-change-the-uri-url-for-a-remote-git-repository
• https://help.github.com/en/github/using-git/removing-a-remote
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2003505/how-do-i-delete-a-git-branch-locally-and-remotely?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa