July 20, 2019

Git QuickRef

git

Just a list of handy git commands

clone a repo git clone url

clone a repo into a folder with different name than the reop git clone url folder

switch branch git checkout branchname

pull content for current branch with rebase local changes git pull --rebase

remove local branches that have no longer a remote git remote prune origin

revert last local commit git reset --soft HEAD~1

remove a directory from git git rm -r --cached node_modules
git commit -m 'rm ignored directory node_modules'
git push origin master

show reflog git reflog
(exit with "q")

show config git config -l

set origin (for ssh) git remote set-url origin git@gitlab.com:_gitlabuser_/repository

show remotes git remote -v

init directory
set remote
create branch

git init
git remote add origin git@github.com:me50/mwohlf.git
git checkout -b ai50/projects/2020/x/crossword
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit crossword"
git push --set-upstream origin ai50/projects/2020/x/crossword

set config values like email and username

git config user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
git config user.email "MY_NAME@example.com"

line endings

Windows uses both a carriage-return character and a linefeed character for newlines in its files (CRLF \r\n). Mac and Linux systems use only the linefeed character (LF, \n).

https://github.github.com/training-kit/downloads/github-git-cheat-sheet.pdf

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2