Git & GitHub
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INSTALLATION & GUIS
Configuring user information used across all local repositories
GitHub for Windows
htps://windows.github.com
GitHub for Mac
htps://mac.github.com
For Linux and Solaris platforms, the latest release is
available on the official Git website.
Git for All Platforms
htp://git-scm.com
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SETUP
With platform-specific installers for Git, GitHub also provides
the ease of staying up-to-date with the latest releases of the
command line tool while providing a graphical user interface for
day-to-day interaction, review, and repository synchronization.
git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]”
set a name that is identifiable for credit when review
version history
git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”
set an email address that will be associated with each
history marker
git config --global color.ui auto
set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy
reviewing
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SETUP & INIT
Configuring user information, initializing and cloning
reapositories
git init
initialize an existing directory as a Git repository
git clone [URL]
retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location
via URL
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STAGE & SNAPSHOT
Working with snapshots and the Git staging area
git status
show modified files in the working directory, staged
for your next commit
git add [file]
add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage)
git reset [file]
unstage a file while retaining the changes in the
working directory
git diff
diff of what is changed but not staged
git diff --staged
diff of what is staged but not yet committed
git commit -m “[descriptive message]”
commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot
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BRANCH & MERGE
Isolating work in branches, changing context, and integrating
changes
git branch
list your branches. a* will appear next to the
currently active branch
git branch [branch-name]
create a new branch at the current commit
git checkout
switch to another branch and check it out into your
working directory
git merge [branch]
merge the specified branch’s history into the current
one
git log
show all commits in the current branch’s history
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SHARE & UPDATE
Retrieving updates from another repository and updating
local repos
git remote add [alias] [url]
add a git URL as an alias
git fetch [alias]
fetch down all the branches from that Git remote
git merge [alias]/[branch]
merge a remote branch into your current branch to
bring it up to date
git push [alias] [branch]
Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository
branch
git pull
fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote
branch
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TRACKING PATH CHANGES
Versioning file removes and path changes
git rm [file]
delete the file from the project and stage the removal
for commit
git mv [existing-path] [new-path]
change an existing file path and stage the move
git log --stat -M
show all commit logs with the indication of any paths
that moved
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REWRITE HISTORY
Rewriting branches, updating commits and clearing history
git rebase [branch]
apply any commits of the current branch ahead of the
specified one
git reset --hard [commit]
clear staging area, rewrite the working tree from the
specified commit
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TEMPORARY COMMITS
Temporarily store modified, tracked files in order to change
branches
git stash
Save modified and staged changes
git stash list
list stack-order of stashed file changes
git stash pop
write working from the top of the stash stack
git stash drop
discard the changes from the top of the stash stack
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IGNORING PATTERNS
Preventing unintentional staging or committing of files
logs/
*.notes
pattern*/
Save a file with desired patterns as .gitignore with
either direct string matches or wildcard globs.
git config --global core.excludesfile [file]
system wide ignore pattern for all local repositories
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