20,741
edits
Howto:Start using git: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
To get started using git, you really just need to know a handful of commands in the beginning: | To get started using git, you really just need to know a handful of commands in the beginning: | ||
* git init NAME - to create a completely new empty repository (will not be needed for FG, just for experiments/testing) | * '''git init''' NAME - to create a completely new empty repository (will not be needed for FG, just for experiments/testing) | ||
* git clone URL - to create a copy of a git repository locally (that's what you have done already to get the fgdata repository) | * '''git clone''' URL - to create a copy of a git repository locally (that's what you have done already to get the fgdata repository) | ||
* git status - to view the status of the current repository | * '''git status''' - to view the status of the current repository | ||
* git diff - to view differences | * '''git diff''' - to view differences | ||
* git pull - to pull (=download AND merge!) latest updates from the repository that was used for cloning (for updating the local master branch using the origin) | * '''git pull''' - to pull (=download AND merge!) latest updates from the repository that was used for cloning (for updating the local master branch using the origin) | ||
* git pull --rebase - to pull and rebase your own changes on top of the pulled data | * '''git pull --rebase''' - to pull and rebase your own changes on top of the pulled data | ||
* git branch - to show active branch and display list of other local branches | * '''git branch''' - to show active branch and display list of other local branches | ||
* git branch BRANCHNAME - to create a new branch using BRANCHNAME (branch=working copy) | * '''git branch''' BRANCHNAME - to create a new branch using BRANCHNAME (branch=working copy) | ||
* git checkout BRANCHNAME - to checkout a certain branch (i.e. switch to that branch, make it active) | * '''git checkout''' BRANCHNAME - to checkout a certain branch (i.e. switch to that branch, make it active) | ||
* git add FILENAME - to specify which new or modified files shall be added to the next commit (wildcards supported) | * '''git add''' FILENAME - to specify which new or modified files shall be added to the next commit (wildcards supported) | ||
* git commit - | * '''git commit -m''' "COMMENT" - commit all files that you previously added using "git add" and add a short comment about your work | ||