A quick reference for everyday github use with often used commands

everyday-github-reference.terminal

// Full reference to be found at http://help.github.com/
// Or append a --help to the commands to get man page

// Different github rep urls for different uses
git@github.com:user/repo.git    // Full access for reps youre a collaborator at
git://github.com/user/repo.git  // Read-only using the git protocol
http://github.com/user/repo.git // Read-only over HTTP

// Working on an existing remote rep locally
git clone git@github.com:user/repo.git // Creates a new subfolder, fetches the content and checkout the default branch
git fetch REMOTENAME                   // Used for existing reps with remotes already setup
git pull REMOTENAME BRANCHNAME         // Same as above put performs a merge also
git checkout -b branchname origin/branchname

// Set up a new local rep with existing files and push to a remote github rep
git init
git add -A
git commit -m 'message here'
git remote add konscript git@github.com:user/repo.git
git push konscript master

// Get a status of new changes to the local rep and commit + push these to the remote rep
git status
git add -u // Only updates tracked files
git add -A // Also removes deleted files and add new ones
git commit -m 'message here'
git push konscript master

// Branch out and develop on a parallel tree
git branch branchname // Create new branch
git checkout branchname // Switch to another branch
git merge branchname // Merges the specified branch into the one currently at 
git branch -d branchname // Deletes the specific branch
git branch -v // Show all existing branches and which one youre currently at