Git Steps Cheatsheet

Start SSH-AGENT

eval `ssh-agent.exe`

Checking for SSH Key Connection to Github

ssh -T git@github.com

Generating new SSH Key and Adding to GitHub

Check this link: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh

Cloning a repository:

git clone git@github.com:TheEverlastingBish/horny-rhino.git

Working with Git Bash

Navigate to the newly created local copy of remote repository

cd horny-rhino

Initialise the directory as a git repo

git init

Check status to make sure it's ready for editing

git status

Edit files or folders as required

Add edited files to commit

git add 'filename.ext'
git add .

To commit

git commit -m "This is the commit message"

To amend last commit

git commit --amend -m "This is the amended commit message"

To check log

git log --oneline
git log --pretty=oneline

Pushing to Remote

Standard push to remote

git push origin master

NEW GIT VERSION: Standard push to remote

git push origin HEAD:main

To force a new push over the last commit

git push --force origin master

NEW GIT VERSION: To force a new push over the last commit

git push --force origin HEAD:main

Tags (for versioning)

See existing tags

git tag
git tag -l

Adding a tag / milestone

git tag [version_or_tag_name_you_want] [commit id] [-m] [message]

git tag v1.0.0 0af465d2f72edccc2acd48d176e7918bf73181fe -m "First complete version"

Pushing tag to repo

git push origin v1.0

Pushing multiple un-pushed tags all at once

git push origin --tags

Deleting a local tag

git tag -d v1.0

Deleting a remote tag

git push --delete origin v1.0