Github - Basic commands

The windows portable git will work in most cases when you are working on Windows OS. Initiate the git in the current folder. Right click and open the git bash. 

Opening the git client

If on command line, git init should work.

git init

Cloning the entire remote repo to a local location with root folder name as the repo name.

git clone https://github.com/rapidsailor/ShellScripts

Now navigate to the the newly created folders. Use cd command as needed. Make some code changes. 

To verify the changes and status

git status

Add any new files to the repo or add the changes to existing files.

git add

Commit the changes

Commits all the changes to the remote repo. This may ask for your github user and password.

git commit -m “comment for check-in”

Note : Any file changes to be done using the vi, ( i for insert mode, put in some comments. All the lines starting with # will be ignored. put some new lines without # as starting char.) esc for going to command mode. :wq for saving and exiting and :q! for not saving.

Push the changes to remote master branch.

git push origin master (this will push the data to the master branch of the remote repo)

Pull the latest from the remote location.

git pull (Run this in the project folder)

Branching out and creating new branches.

View all the current branches

git branch

Create new branch. Below command will checkout the original code to new branch called branch1. 

#git checkout -b branch1 (-b is used to create a new branch. To switch to an existing branch, remove -b) After any code changes , run the following.

 

Basic steps during a standard session

git add

git commit -m “comment for check-in”

git push -u origin branch1.

Setting the git configs

git config –global user.name “your full name”

git config –global user.email “your email”