git-command-tips

This project contains git command tips

Create a new repository on the command line

touch README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin  https://github.com/Puneethkumarck/spring-cloud-microservice-playground (eg remote git repo url)
git push -u origin master

Push an existing repository from the command line

git remote add origin  https://github.com/Puneethkumarck/spring-cloud-microservice-playground (eg remotegit repo url)
git push -u origin master

Issues

fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories

git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories

To remove git history from github

Checkout

git checkout --orphan latest_branch

Add all the files

git add -A

Commit the changes

git commit -am "commit message"

Delete the branch

git branch -D master

Rename the current branch to master

git branch -m master

Finally, force update your repository

git push -f origin master

specify author while commiting

git commit --author 'username <example.com>' -am "commit message"

adding files to stage for commit

git add -A stages All

git add . stages new and modified, without deleted

git add -u stages modified and deleted, without new

Undo Commit and untrack the file

undo the latest commit
git reset --soft HEAD^1

remove file from staging area
git rm --cached <file-name>

Using multiple git accounts

local config

• git config user.name "**************"

• git config user.email "*************"