Git Notes


Initiatize a new git repository

$ git init

Get the status of a repository

$ git status

Get git to track changes to a file

$ git add <FILE>

Commit files in the staging area to our repository

$ git commit -m "Adding files to git repo"

See what has changed in a repo

$ git log

Add a remote git repository

$ git remote add origin https://foo/git.git

Push changes to a specific repository and tell git to remember where

$ git push -u origin master

Check for changes on a github repo

$ git pull origin master

Check to see what has changed in a repo

$ git diff HEAD

View the diff from files in the staging ara

$ git diff --staged

Unstage files from the repo

$ git reset foo/bar

Revert a repo to s specific point in time

$ git checkout -- file-from-commit-point

Make a branch to test changes then merge this back into master

$ git branch clean_up

Remove all files in a folder from a repo

$ git rm -r folder_to_remove

Merge changes from a branch back into master first switch to master

$ git checkout master $ git merge clean_up

Delete an unused branch

$ git branch -d clean_up

Remove a branch that was never merged

$ git branch -D clean_up

Push all local changes to remote repository

$ git push

Show current remote repo

$ git remote -v

Add an upstream repository so changes from the original can be merged into your fork

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/Matty9191/ssl-cert-check.git

Commits to master will be stored in a local branch, upstream/master#

$ git fetch upstream

Checkout master from upstream into upstream/master

$ git checkout master

Merge upstream w/ the local repository

$ git merge upstream/master

Create and synchronize git repo with github

$ git init
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Initial commit"
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/Matty9191/tools.git
$ git pull origin master
$ git push -f origin master

Update git repo that was cloned

$ git clone URL
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "Initial commit"
$ git push origin master

Useful git tools

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