A short cheat sheet for saving your arse with version control.

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How to git

A short cheat sheet for saving your arse with version control.

First run

Create the repo git init

Track everything

git add -A

Commit stuff

git commit -m "initial commit"

Adding a remote origin to push to

git remote add origin "github url"

Seeing any existing remotes

git remote -v

Push commits up to GitHub

git push origin master

Pull chnages from GitHub

git pull origin master

Reset repo back to last commit

git reset --hard

Seeing list of past commits

git log

See any changes since last commit

git status

Clone a new copy

git clone "repo url"