GITHUB CHEAT SHEET
STARTING A PROJECT
Forked projects or existing projects
cd ~/GITHUB/manolosolalinde
git clone <url>
git config credential.helper store
Create remote repository
cd ~/GITHUB/manolosolalinde
mkdir <reponame>
# deprecated: curl -u 'manolosolalinde@gmail.com' -d '{"name":"'"${PWD##*/}"'"}' https://api.github.com/user/repos
# token from https://github.com/settings/tokens
curl -i -H "Authorization: token <GET FROM https://github.com/settings/tokens> " \
-d '{
"name": "'"${PWD##*/}"'",
"description": "This is your first repository",
"homepage": "https://github.com",
"private": true,
"has_issues": true,
"has_projects": true,
"has_wiki": true
}' \
https://api.github.com/user/repos
echo "# TODO Readme" >> README.md
Start Local Repository and push first commit
git init
git config credential.helper store
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin https://github.com/manolosolalinde/${PWD##*/}.git
git push -u origin master
Change local repository:
git remote show origin
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/manolosolalinde/${PWD##*/}.git
DELETING ALL HISTORY
cd <localrepofolder>
rm -rf .git
Start Repository (as above)
git push -u --force origin master
DELETING A FULL REMOTE REPO
cd <REPONAME>
curl -X DELETE -H 'Authorization: token replacewithtoken' https://api.github.com/repos/manolosolalinde/${PWD##*/}
Get Delete Auth token
https://developer.github.com/v3/oauth_authorizations/#create-a-new-authorization
curl -v -u 'manolosolalinde@gmail.com' -X POST https://api.github.com/authorizations -d '{"scopes":["delete_repo"], "note":"token with delete repo scope"}' >> token.json
INITIAL GLOBAL SETUP
git config --global user.name "Manuel Solalinde"
git config --global user.email "manolosolalinde@gmail.com"
UNTRACK FILES already added to git repository based on .gitignore
git rm -r --cached .
git add .
git commit -m ".gitignore fix"
rm is the remove command
-r will allow recursive removal
--cached will only remove files from the index. Your files will still be there.
The . indicates that all files will be untracked.
You can untrack a specific file with git rm --cached foo.txt (thanks @amadeann).
GENERAL PURPOSE
http://www.cheat-sheets.org/saved-copy/github-git-cheat-sheet.pdf
git config --global user.name "Manuel Solalinde"
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Sets the name you want atached to your commit transactions
git remote add origin git@github.com:manolosolalinde/newrepo.git
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Add origin for existing repository
git config --global user.email "manolosolalinde@gmail.com"
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Sets the email you want atached to your commit transaction
git init [project-name]
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Creates a new local repository with the specified name
git clone [url]
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Downloads a project and its entire version history
git status
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Lists all new or modified files to be commited
git add [file]
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Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning
git reset [file]
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Unstages the file, but preserve its contents
git diff
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Shows file differences not yet staged
git diff --staged
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Shows file differences between staging and the last file version
git commit -m "[descriptive message]"
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Records file snapshots permanently in version history
git branch
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Lists all local branches in the current repository
git branch [branch-name]
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Creates a new branch
git checkout [branch-name]
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Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory
git merge [branch]
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Combines the specified branchโs history into the current branch
git branch -d [branch-name]
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Deletes the specified branch
Tags
more info on tags: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging
git tag -a v1.4 -m "my version 1.4"
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Creates a tag
git tag
List all tags
git tag -l "v1.8.5*"
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v1.8.5
v1.8.5-rc0
v1.8.5-rc1
Check all tags with that name
git show v1.4
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Show Tag information
git log --graph --decorate --oneline
Show Branch History information
Working with multiple versions of a project
Interesting post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12153405/how-to-manage-multiple-versions-of-a-project
Example
In my case, I have two version of the same software that the basics are the same but each version has some different features.
So I create two worktree
that means, create two relevant long-running branches beside the master.
$git worktree add -b version-silver ..\version-silver master
$git worktree add -b version-gold ..\version-gold master
Then I have:
$git branch
master # base stuff here
version-silver # some normal features
version-gold # some better features
There is one repository, but I have 3 separate folders beside each other for each branch above. And make the common changes in master. then merge it with both other versions.
cd master
vim basic.cpp
git add .
git commit -m "my common edit on basic.cpp"
cd ..\version-silver
vim silver.cpp
git add .
git commit -m "my specific edit on silver.cpp"
git merge master # here i get the basic.cpp latest changes for silver project
cd ..\version-gold
git merge master # here i get the basic.cpp latest changes for gold project
Copy changes of only last commit
from branch A to branch B
Stackoverflow - Commit to multiple branches at the same time
git checkout A
git commit -m "Fixed the bug x"
git checkout B
git cherry-pick A
Problems
Problems with vscode and credentials
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34400272/visual-studio-code-always-asking-for-git-credentials
You should be able to set your credentials like this:
git remote set-url origin https://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@bitbucket.org/path/to/repo.git
You can get the remote url like this:
git config --get remote.origin.url
My problem was solved with:
cd "C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\libexec\git-core"
git-credential-manager.exe uninstall
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