git commands for contributing to open source projects

git_for_os.md

See Aliases for actual commands

Git Commands

Create your dev branch from an upstream branch and checkout

git co -b my_feat_or_bugfix upstream/main

Create branch of same name from remote branch and checkout

git co -t <remote_server>/<remote_branch>

Create branch of same name from remote branch without checking out

git branch -t <branch_name> <remote_server>/<branch_name>

Set up your repository so git pull pulls from upstream by default

Assuming the repo has branch main

git config branch.main.remote upstream
git config branch.main.merge refs/heads/main

Aliases

alias.co checkout
alias.st status
alias.ci commit -v
alias.ph push
alias.pl pull
alias.mg merge
alias.mgnf merge --no-ff