My git tips and tricks

Git tips and tricks

# SETUP A LOCAL COPY OF A REMOTE BRANCH
# From: the github branch called "foo-qa"
# To: local branch called "qa" 

go -t -b qa origin/foo-qa


# REMOTE PUSH
# From: local branch called "qa" 
# To: the github branch called "foo-qa"

git push origin qa:foo-qa


# GLOBAL EXCLUDES FILE
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore



# TELL YOUR LOCAL REPOSITORY TO FETCH SUBMODULES
git submodule init
git submodule update