ProGit

highly recommended read - helped me "unlock" my Git understanding

Download the entire Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub

git-scm

https://git-scm/book/en/v2

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Pro Git, by Scott Chacon

Snippets

Get local repo from Git (clone)

Navigate first in terminal to folder where the cloned repo should be as a sub-folder, then:

git clone my_repo_url.git

Commit

git init

git add .
git commit -m "my first commit"

# 1st time
git remote add origin <remote repository URL>
git remote add origin https://github.com/ndeville/indeXee.git

git push origin main

OR 

git push origin HEAD:master

if ""error: src refspec master does not match any"

git init
git add .
git commit -m 'message'
git push -u origin master

after this, if you still having that error, follow these steps again:

git add .
git commit -m 'message'
git push -u origin master 

git push origin HEAD:main

get repo updates

git pull origin main

rename Local Branch

git branch -m new-branch-name

eg.

git branch -m main

delete local branch

git branch -d  local_branch_name

list all branches

git branch -a

remote servers configured

git remote -v

add remote server

git remote add shortname url

➤ shortname is optional

Usage:

git remote add [<options>] <name> <url>

    -f, --fetch           fetch the remote branches
    --tags                import all tags and associated objects when fetching
                          or do not fetch any tag at all (--no-tags)
    -t, --track <branch>  branch(es) to track
    -m, --master <branch>
                          master branch
    --mirror[=(push|fetch)]
                          set up remote as a mirror to push to or fetch from

completely uninitialize (ie remove, delete) Git from your Project

rm -rf .git

remove files that are listed in the .gitignore but still on the repository

You basically remove and re-add all files, but git add will ignore the ones in .gitignore:

git rm -r --cached .

git add .

git commit -m "Drop files from .gitignore"

size managememt

15 Mar 2023

My notes folder size is now 2.2Gb. Need to figure out how to manage this:

git/230315-notes-git-size.jpg

TODO

what is the impact of a 1.3Gb .git folder?
how to reduce the size of the .git folder?
how to reduce the size of the pagefind index folder?

Resources

Git is a crucial tool for programming, regardless of the field you want to work in.

Master Git with these 7 free games and resources:
— Chris Staudinger (@ChrisStaud) November 14, 2022