Quick references for basic tasks with git.

<aside> ☝ For easier tasks, just use Gitkraken to make things visually. However, it's paid.

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Installation & Tools

• Download and install (to use command lines): git's homepage.
• Git client tools: Github Desktop (Windows and MacOS, Linux), GitKraken (Windows, Linux, MacOS).

Rules to be more effective

• Do commit early and often. (ref)
• Do make useful commit messages.
• Create a new branch for every new feature.
• Use pull requests to merge code to master.
• For temporary branches, name them starting with _.

Settings on local machine

# SET GLOBAL INFO
git config --global user.name "Anh-Thi DINH"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

# SPECIFIC REPO
git config user.name "Thi"
git config user.email "[email protected]"

# Verify your configuration
cat .git/config

# IF: `Could not resolve host: github.com`
git config --global --unset http.proxy
git config --global --unset https.proxy

# SAVE GITHUB AS DEFAULT
# (don't need to log in again every time we use)
git config credential.helper store
git pull

# FORMATTING DISPLAY
git config color.ui true # add colors to the results
git config format.pretty oneline # display only one line of each commit

Check the status

# CHECK STATUS
git status
git status -s # modified files

# Get remote list
git remote -v

# WITH COLORS
git log --oneline --graph --color --all --decorate
# --graph: draw text-based branches
# --decorate: display names and tags