Git

Notes

Configuring Git Global Variables

git config --global user.name "Name" git config —global user.email “email@email.com” git config —global core.editor “code —wait” git config —global core.autocrlf “input”“

• To edit global variables: git config --global -e

Git Status Codes

• U - Untracked → ??
• A - Added or staged
• M - Modified
• C - Committed

Common Git Commands

• View commit history git log --oneline git log —oneline —graph“

• Ignore files (prevent tracking)

  • Add file name to .gitignore
  • Example: .gitignore → file.txt

• Revert to a previous commit git reset --hard HEAD~numberOfCommitsToGoBack

• Check file status git status -s

• Create a branch git branch branchName

• Create and switch to a new branch git switch -C branchName

• Switch between branches git switch branchName

• Merge branches (must be on main branch) git merge branchName

• Delete a branch git branch -d branchName

• Stashing changes git stash git stash apply→ Apply stashed changesgit stash clear → Clear stash memory

• Clone a repository git clone URL

• Push changes to remote git push -u origin branchName

• Fetch updates from remote git fetch

• Pull updates from remote git pull

Tips

• While pushing if got error:

error: failed to push some refs to '[https://github.com/Newbieprogram22/CppPrograms-DSA.git](https://github.com/Newbieprogram22/CppPrograms-DSA.git)'

then :

git pull --rebase origin main

git push origin main

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