Overview of basic git commands
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- Add
- Log
- Name and email
- Status
- Commit
- Push
- Pull
- Attach remote repo
- Cherry
- Manual clone
- Clone into folder
- Go into the a folder
- Using nano
- Escaping a terminal task
Add
Adds files to a commit
git add *
Caution: when you delete a local file, don’t use: git add *, you must specify the exact file
Log
Get the latest log of what has changed, less verbose with pretty oneline
git log --pretty=oneline
Set your name and email
git config --global user.email you@example.com
git config --globaluser.name “username”
Status
get the current status
git status
Commit
Current changes w/ msg
git commit -m "created index file"
Push
Uploads the current from the local git commits to the remote git
git push origin master
Caution: you may want to do a “git fetch origin master” after a push, to arrive at the same point in time as the remote, as an alternative you can just push again and you will arrive at the the same point in time as the remote.
Pull
Download remote commits to local repo
git pull origin master
/usr/local/git/bin/git push https://user:pass@github.com/user/test.git master
In the simplest terms, “git pull” does a git fetch followed by a git merge.
Attach remote repo:
Attach a remote location to the local git
git remote add origin https://github.com/user/test.git
git remote rm origin
git remote add origin 'git@github.com:username/repo.git'
Maybe:
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:user/test.git
git remote set-url origin https://user:pass@github.com/user/test.git
Cherry:
Can be used to assert if there are any local commits ready to be pushed
git cherry -v https://user:password@github.com/user/test.git master
Manual clone
supports pre existing files in a folder
"git init" <--Installs the invisible .git folder
"git remote add origin https://github.com/eonist/testing.git" <-- attach a remote repo
"git fetch origin master" <--Download the latest .git data
"git checkout master" <-- Downloads all the **files** from the remote repo
"git fetch origin master" <-- Again to download the latest .git data
Clone into folder:
Caution: Folder must be empty, Can’t have preexisting files
git clone https://github.com/eonist/testing.git /Users/John/test
Go into the a folder
The tilde char represents the user folder: (use ../to get backward)
cd ~/Desktop/test
Escaping a terminal task
ctrl + z
Using nano
Use nano as git text editor
git config --global core.editor "nano"
Very good: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials And also the git pocket ref book