GitCommands
Creating a git develop branch You can list all of your current branches like this:
git branch -a This shows all of the local and remote branches. Assuming you only have a single master branch, you'd see the following:
- master remotes/origin/master The * means the current branch.
To create a new branch named develop, use the following command:
git checkout -b develop The -b flag creates the branch. Listing the branches now should show:
- develop master remotes/origin/master
Changing branches You shouldn't commit anything directly to the master branch. Instead do all your work on the develop branch and then merge develop into master whenever you have a new public release.
You are already in your develop branch, but if you weren't, the way to switch is as follows:
git checkout develop That's the same way you create a branch but without the -b.
Making changes on develop When making changes, add and commit as usual:
git add . git commit -m "whatever" The first time you push to your remote do it like so:
git push -u origin develop The -u flag stands for --set-upstream. After the first time you only need to do it like this:
git push Merging develop to master Once your develop is ready to merge into master you can do it like so:
First switch to your local master branch:
git checkout master To merge develop into master do the following:
git merge develop Then push the changes in local master to the remote master:
git push Done.
Deleting a branch If you don't need the develop branch anymore, or you just want to delete it and start over, you can do the following:
Delete the remote develop branch:
git push -d origin develop Then delete the local branch:
git branch -d develop The -d means delete.
Remove/Update existing remote
To List all remotes git remote -v
To update the existing remote git remote set-url origin <Remote_Repo>
To remove the existing repo git remote remove origin
To rename existing repo git remote rename git remote rename origin backup