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Git Cheat Sheet for Hacktoberfest

Mohammad-Ali A'RÂBI on September 23, 2024

Hacktoberfest is upon us. Here is a git cheat sheet that you can keep handy for your future hackings: 0. Git Configuration Main article...
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Wesley de Groot •

master is a bit outdated, main is nowadays more used.

Since the name does not contain spaces or special characters it is not required to be wrapped in quotation marks (")

# set default branch name
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
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Mohammad-Ali A'RÂBI •

Thanks for the comment. I added a few lines explaining the fact you just mentioned. Also, the quotation mark were left originally for a better visibility through syntax highlight.

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Thomas Bnt •

Very cool post to preparing for the Hacktoberfest!

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Mohammad-Ali A'RÂBI •

Thanks, Thomas. 😊
Looking forward to it. 🥳

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Martin Baun • • Edited

Great work! Nice design and amazing organization.

Would you consider adding git clean and git bisect?

Those are commands I use a lot :)

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Mohammad-Ali A'RÂBI •

Thanks Martin. 😊
Definitely. Do you think it would be better if I add them to a follow-up article, or should I add them here?

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Martin Baun •

A follow up would be great!

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Ujjwal Raj • • Edited

This hacktoberfest, we are inviting contributors:

github.com/ujjwall-R/Dree

join our community group : join.slack.com/t/dreecommunity/sha...

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Chidera Humphrey •

Nice read, Mohammad

We look forward to Hacktoberfest

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Mohammad-Ali A'RÂBI •

Thanks, Chidera! 🫡
Yeah, me too.

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kince marando •

Good and and in simplicity way to recap on Git

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Phil Enslin •

Thank you. i am new to Git so this helps