Git Cheat Sheet

Dec 5, 2023 · 2 min read · git Source Control ·

Initialise a folder locally to be source control repo

1git init

bash

Add changed files to be staged ready for a commit ("." represents all files down from the current )

1git add .

bash

Commit changes

1git commit -m "this is a commit message"

bash

Create a repo in github

Diagrams to follow.

attach a local repo to an empty repo in github

Diagrams to follow these commands usually pop out of github -

1git remote add origin git@github.com:r3adm3/mytestrepo.git
2git branch -M main
3git push -u origin main

bash

clone a repo in github

TBD picture to go here

1#only needed if a generic source folder doesn't exist
2mkdir Source
3cd Source
4mkdir github
5cd github
6
7#the actual command needed
8git clone git@github.com:r3adm3/mytestrepo.git

bash

check what remote repo a local git repo is attached to.

1git remote -v

bash

push changes to github

1git push

bash

Create a branch

1git branch mytestbranch

bash

Create and switch to branch

1git checkout -b mytestbranch2

bash

Switch to branch

1git checkout mytestbranch

bash

list branches

1git branch

bash

Pull requests and merges

TBD, diagrams to be added.

.gitconfig handy alias

1#stored in /home/username or c:\users\username
2
3[user]
4  name = FirstName LastName
5  email = emailaddress@emailprovider.com
6
7[alias]
8  lg = log --graph --pretty=format:'%C(green)%h%Creset -%C(auto)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(cyan)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --date=relative

bash

use the alias to show you a list of all code commits and branches lifecycle

1git lg

bash