reference.md

Git Reference

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Custom File Explorer open Command from WSL2

echo 'alias open="explorer.exe"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Now run:

open .

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Generate SSH Key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "youremail@host.com"
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Then copy and paste into GitHub settings, SSH and GPG keys.

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New Repo

git init  
git add .   
git commit -am"Initial commit."   
git branch -M master   
git remote add origin git@github.com:username/repo   
git push -u origin master   

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Move a Repo

git clone --mirror <original_repository>
git remote rm origin
git remote add origin <new_blank_repo>
git push origin --all  
git push --tags  

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Tags

Simple

git tag v0.1-alpha

Annotated

git tag -a v0.1-alpha -m "Version 0.1 Alpha"

Push

git push origin v0.1-alpha

Checkout

git checkout v0.1-alpha

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Branches

New Empty Branch

git checkout --orphan branch_name
git rm -rf .
git commit --allow-empty -m "Root commit."
git push origin branch_name

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Submodules

Adding

git submodule add git@github.com:username/submodule

Initializing (First Time Setup)

git submodule update --init --recursive

Updating

cd <submodule_directory>  
git pull origin master  

Removal

git rm <path_to_submodule>

Note: This will keep the .git reference to allow checking out old commits. To remove this, follow the additional steps below:

rm -rf .git/modules/<path_to_submodule>
git config --remove-section submodule.<path_to_submodule>