Cheat sheet for git

git_cheatsheet.md

Branches

List remote branches

git branch -a

Checkout a remote branch (from origin)

git checkout -b branch_name origin/branch_name

Push new local branch to origin

# Local and remote branches must have the same name
git push -u origin branch_name 

Delete remote branch

git push origin --delete <branchName>

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2003505/how-do-i-delete-a-git-branch-both-locally-and-in-github

Clone from a specific remote branch

git clone -b <branch> <remote_repo>

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1911109/git-clone-a-specific-branch

Delete a remote tag

$ git tag -d v0.1.0
Deleted tag 'v0.1.0' (was 1487f9c)
$ git push origin :refs/tags/v0.1.0
To git@github.com:*********.git
 - [deleted]         v0.1.0