gitcommands.txt

git config --global user.name Sam

git config --global user.email sam.a863.nz@gmail.com

touch .gitignore (to ignore files which need not to be uploaded)

git init

git add .

git commit -m "initial commit"

git remote add origin git@github.com:sama863nz/javascript.git

git push origin master (this will fail because the project was initialised as private)


(to generate key a new SSH key to convert to give access to my project which is created as private)
$ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "sam.a863.nz@gmail.com"

(the above will generate a public key and save it in a folder in the local computer)

(to copy the path and generate the SSH key)
cat /c/Users/sanjeev.agarwal/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

(SSH key will look something like below. This needs to be pasted inside the git terminal)
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIIzk/IlXoYrSOamLNh/zl9RJadLmtN5QGGlNnKhW2kav sam.a863.nz@gmail.com

(to push the files to github)
git push origin master

git status (optional, to check the status)


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# to make a folder non trackable
rm -rf git

# to clone a github directory to your local
(git clone https-github local-directory-name)
git clone git@github.com:sama863nz/javascript.git javascript


# to restore the changes from a file
git restore <filename>

#present workign directory
pwd

# list/contents of the folder
ls

#change of directory
cd ""

cd .. (to move up towards the root folder - one step)
cd / (to move up towards the root folder - at the root level)

git diff (compares staging with working directory)
git diff --staged (compares staging with last commit)

git log
git log -p (will show all the changes)
git log --stat


VIM editor + AMEND
1. git commit --amend (to add a change to an existing file)
2. press i (to add changes on VIM editor)
3. press esc
4. type :wq (to save and exit)




git commit -a -m (will commit all the TRACKED files but will NOT touch the untarcked files. This is only for tracked files)

git rm <filename> (to delete a file)

git mv <oldfilename to newfilename> (to rename a file)

git rm --cached <filename> (will untrack the file. TRy adding it to .gitignore to see the difference)

if a file needs to be untracked then 
1. add it to .gitignore file
2. git rm --cached <filename>

rm -rf .git (to remove git from the folder)

git clone <https://url> <newflodername> (to clone a git folder from github e.g. pandas github)