Git Cheatsheet

Git Cheatsheet

-To have unversioned files add a .gitignore file in project root with name of files to ignore in it.

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Error ==> How to solve it

ERROR: adeleinr/SocialCard doesn't exist yet. Did you enter it correctly?
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Edit the .git/config  

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Check remotes ==> git remote -v

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Using another git project inside a cloned project (you cant clone recursively)
This does a fork of the web-boilerplate project so your changes to it dont reflect
in the main project

- git remote add web-boilerplate https://[email protected]/opozo/web-boilerplate.git
- git pull web-boilerplate master

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To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected
Merge the remote changes (e.g. 'git pull') before pushing again.

git push -f (if it is ok to overwrite remote with local copy)
git pull (if you need merge)

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PUSH CHANGES FOR THE FIRST TIME TO GITHUB/BITBUCKET
$ git remote add origin https://[email protected]/adeleinr/heroku-human-experience-boilerplate.git
$ git push -u origin master   # to push changes for the first time


CREATING A BRANCH
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git branch ==> where you are
git checkout -b thoughts-api ==> create a new branch
do your changes
git commit -a -m "message" ==> you should see your changes in your branch only
Use git checkout master to change to the master branch
git push origin thought-api ==> To upload changes to your branch
git branch -D thoughts-api ==> to delete your branch locally

PULL REQUEST (CODE REVIEW REQUEST)
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Online


CREATE A STAGING ENV TO TEST A CHANGE SOMEONE
HAS PUSHED TO MASTER (BUT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO MERGE IT TO MASTER)
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git clone https://[email protected]/adeleinr/heroku-human-experience.git
git checkout -b staging
git pull origin api-test