GithubCLI

Git hub commands step-by-step for beginers

Install Git

• Windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win

Refer following,

• popular online book at https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2
• Visual studio Code, Git integration at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/versioncontrol

Git commands

• https://git-scm.com/docs

Basic branching and merging

• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging

Stage-Commit-Pull-Push

• Master
• Developers: Pull (from Master), Change, Save, Stage, Commit, Pull (from Developer), Resolve conflicts and then Push (to Developer)

Configuring and connecting to a remote repository

Reference: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001927.htm

• Move to the project directory root

• Type the following command to configure your Git username, where "your name" will be your GitHub username.

  $ git config --global user.name "your name"

• After entering the above command, you should be returned to the command prompt. Next, enter your e-mail address by typing the following command, where "your e-mail" is your e-mail address.

  $ git config --global user.email "your e-mail"

• Once the above steps have been completed, you'll be ready to connect to a remote repository. To find the repository address, go to a repository on GitHub and click the Clone or download repository link to get the address. For example, we've created a repository called "GithubCLI" at https://github.com/ArohanGit/GithubCLI.git address. Copy the address to your clipboard.

• Once copied go back to the command line and type the following command, where URL is the address you copied. To paste that address into the command line right-click in the command line window and click paste.

  $ git clone "remote repository URL"

• Once the Git repository is created local clone, you'll have a new directory in your current directory with the name of the Git repository.

• Once the Git remote repository is cloned to your local repository, you should have a new folder in the current directory with the name of the Git repository. For example, in our "GithubCLI" Git we would have a new directory called "GithubCLI"". Use the cd command to change into the new directory.

• Once in the new directory, type the following command to list the remote repositories.

  $ git remote

• If successful, you should see "origin" that is the name of your master Git branch. To see the aliases (URL or path), type the following command.

  $ git remote -v

Adding an existing project to github repo using CLI

Reference: https://help.github.com/en/github/importing-your-projects-to-github/adding-an-existing-project-to-github-using-the-command-line

• Initialises the git for the project root

  $ git init

• Adds the remote repo origin

  $ git remote add origin "remote repository URL"

• Verifies the new remote URL

  $ git remote -v

• Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit. To unstage a file, use 'git reset HEAD YOUR-FILE'.

  $ git add .

• Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository. To remove this commit and modify the file, use 'git reset --soft HEAD~1' and commit and add the file again.

  $ git commit -m "First commit"

• Pushes the changes in your local repository up to the remote repository you specified as the origin

  $ git push origin master

• Other useful commands

  $ git config --list

  $ git config user.name

Cloning other repository to new repository

• Create new repository on GitHub (new-repository)

  Url: https://github.com/other-account/new-repository.git

• Clone the source repository to local machine (other-repository)

  $ git clone https://github.com/other-account/other-repository.git

• Change directory to other-repository

• Check github origin, this will be to other repository currently

  $ git remote -v

• remove this origin by

  $ git remote rm origin

• Confirm remote origin is removed by

  $ git remote -v

• Add new origin

  $ git add origin https://github.com/other-account/new-repository.git

• Confirm if remote origin is set to new repository

  $ git remote -v

• Push to new repository master

  $ git push origin master

• When gitignore files is changed, we need to give following commands to remove cached files from git index

  $ git rm -r --cached .

  $ git add .

And then commit using new ignore list

• Visual Studio Code useful commands

  Refresh git bracnhes shown by VS Code

  $ git fetch --prune

• **Protectting Master Branch **

  Settings -> branches -> Select branch -> Add Protection rule

• Can owner push to master ?