GitHints

Hints for daily faced challenges in git.

day 0: Clone branch from remote repository

will clone only master branche

git  clone  https://github.com/RooBarsic/GitHints.git

will clone branch with name "branch_name"

git  clone  --branch  branch_name  https://github.com/RooBarsic/GitHints.git        -

day 1: Create new branch

check branches that you already have

git  branch

Move to the base branch from which you want to create new branch ( usually it's master branch )

git  checkout  BranchName

create new branch

git  branch  NewBranchName

remove branch if you made mistake in branch name, or you come up with better idea of branch name

git  branch  -D  NewBranchName

check is there your NewBranchName in branches that you already have

git  branch

Move to the created branch

git  checkout  NewBranchName

day 2: Make commit and push changes to remote repository

check the changes

git  status

add files to index in order to make commit

git  add  .               - will add all changed files to index
git  add  PathToFile      - will add exactly file to index
git  reset  PathToFile    - will remove exactly file from index

make sure that all necessary files are added

git  status

make loacal commit with message

git  commit  -m  "commit_message"       - will make commit with given message

push commit to the remote repository

git  push  origin  HEAD

day 3: Chage message of last pushed commit

git  commit  --amend  -m  "NewCommitMessage"
git  push  --force  origin  HEAD

day 4: Remove some files from last pushed commit

move back HEAD to previous commit

git  reset  --soft  HEAD~1

check the changes

git  status

remove useless files from this commit

git  reset  PathToFile

push changes to remote repository

git  push  --force  origin  HEAD