git-minimal

GIT commands

GIT commands

A deliberately minimal set of commands for using GIT as simply as possible. Note:

GIT will ask for some details the first time you use it on a machine
these instructions will need a repo on GitHub for you to push to
don’t create a readme.md file on GitHub, make it locally and push

Setup a new repository

git init
git status
git add .
git commit -m "describe change"
git status
git remote add origin URL_of_remote_repo_here
git remote -v
git push -u origin master

Work on another machine

git clone URL_of_remote_repo_here
(do some work)
git add .
git commit -m "describe change"
git status
git push

Use a branch to test new code

git checkout -b branchname_here
(do some work)
git add .
git commit -m “describe change”
(repeat 2-4)
git push -u origin branchname_here
git checkout master
git diff master branchname_here
(repeat 2-4 if necessary)
git merge branchname_here
(repeat 2-4 if necessary)
git branch -a (lists all branches)
git branch -d (use -D to force delete)

Check history and rewind

git log --pretty=oneline
git fetch origin (override local changes)
git reset --hard origin/master
git checkout -- filename_here (restore previous version of file)
git reset —hard HEAD~ (revert to previous commit)

Change remote

git clone URL_of_remote_repo
git remote set-url origin URL_of_NEW_repo
git remote -v

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