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Git command repo

Git commands

tldr

  • git init
  • git fetch
  • git branch
  • git checkout -b new_branch_name
  • git checkout branch_name
  • git add . or git add file_name
  • git commit
  • git push

Guide

Start a git repository

  1. run git init to create a

Fetch latest

  1. Fetch the latest from the current repository by running git fetch
  2. If you want to clean up old branch that have been merged and deleted git fetch --prune

Create a new branch

  1. Look at what branch you are on with git branch command
  2. Checkout a new branch based on the one you are on git checkout -b new_branch_name. -b flags stands for branch

Checkout from origin/local

  1. To checkout out a already existing branch you run the command git checkout branch_name, that will automatically set up-stream for a branch if the branch exist on orgin

Commit

  1. First you have to stage all files for commit but running either git add . for all fiels or git add file_name
  2. Run git status to see all the staged changes
  3. When everything looks good, you can run the command git commit

Push

  1. git push --set-upstream branch_name