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Şammas Çölkesen

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Git Tuturial For Beginners

#git #beginners #tutorial

Git Tutorial

User Settings

for usage manuel 

#git help
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config our username and email 

#git config --global user.name "sammas" #git config --global user.email "sammas@gmail.com"
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show everything configs 

#git config --list
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Create

create repo 

#cd path_folder #git init
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clone a repo 

#git clone repo_url
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Local Changes

view working status 

#git status
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track changed files 

#git diff
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add a file to next commit 

#git add -p <filename>
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commit all files 

#git add . this means take snapshots of all things and maybe you later fuck things up and takes it back.
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commit message 

#git commits -m "this is commit message"
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change the last commit 

#git commit --amend dont do it to pushed commits
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Search for commits that include a keyword 

#git log -S"config.menu_items"
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Local History

view logs 

#git log #git log --author="sammas" #git log -p file
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show stats 

#git log --stat
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Print out visualization of your log 

#git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate --all
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look at who and what changed in file 

#git blame file
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show pathces 

#git log -p
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Branches

list branches 

#git branch -av
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switch HEAD branch 

#git checkout <branch>
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create a new branch based on your current HEAD 

#git branch <newBranch>
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delete local branch 

#git branch -d <branch>
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mark the commit 

#git tag <tagName>
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create branch from remote branch 

#git checkout --track <remoteBranch>
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Publish

Pushing to a GitHub Repository 

#git remote add project_name https://github.com/user/repo.git #git push -u project_name branch(master vs)
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Commit Directly to the Repository 

#git commit -am "message"
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list all configured remotes 

#git remote -v
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show info about remote 

#git remote show <remotename>
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download all changes from remote but dont integrate into HEAD 

#git fetch <remote>
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download all changes from remote and merge to HEAD 

#git pull <remote> <branch>
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publish your tags 

#git push --tags
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Merge

merge branch into your current HEAD 

#git merge <branch>
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rebase your current HEAD onto branch 

#git rebase <branch>
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abort rebase 

#git rebase --abort
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Undo

delet all local changes 

#git reset --hard HEAD
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delete one file changes 

#git checkout HEAD <file>
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reset your HEAD to previous commit 

#git reset --hard <commit> preserve all changes as unstaged changes #git reset <commit> and preserve uncommitted local changes #git reset --keep <commit>
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delete files 

#git rm file
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rename files 

#git mv msg.txt mesaj.txt
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moving files 

#git mv msg.txt home\sammas\msg.txt
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Getting Old Versions from the Repository 

#git log #git checkout 0128dba..... -- index.html
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Create Alias 

alias gitA="git add -A ." alias gitC="git commit -m" alias gitP="git push"
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List all git aliases 

#git config -l | grep alias | sed 's/^alias\.//g'
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Git Notes

Add or inspect object notes

list notes about object 

git notes [list [<object>]]
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Add notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD) 

git notes add [-f] [--allow-empty] [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]
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Copy the notes for the first object onto the second object. 

git notes copy [-f] ( --stdin | <from-object> <to-object> )
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Append to the notes of an existing object (defaults to HEAD). Creates a new notes object if needed. 

git notes append [--allow-empty] [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>]
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Edit the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). 

git notes edit [--allow-empty] [<object>]
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Show the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). 

git notes show [<object>]
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Merge the given notes ref into the current notes ref 

git notes merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes-ref>
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Remove the notes for given objects (defaults to HEAD) 

git notes remove [--ignore-missing] [--stdin] [<object>…​]
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Remove all notes for non-existing/unreachable objects. 

git notes prune [-n] [-v]
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Print the current notes ref. 

git notes get-ref
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Top comments (3)

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Jérémie Astor •

That's a great cheatsheet, but I have to confess I expected something about note in git, as there is a

git notes

command I'd love to understand and use.

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Şammas Çölkesen •

hi, Jérémie
Thanks for advice. I've just add "git notes" section. Also I changed the name of article. No confusion anymore.

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Jérémie Astor •

neat! 😄