Category: Git

Git

What is git clone –bare command?

Posted on by mremrah

Sometimes we need to share out git repo instead of whole working directory. In that case git clone --bare command can be used:

git clone --bare https://some-repository-link.github.com/project.git .git

After this command in the current directory git bash only create .git (hidden) repo directory and not any of the working folder or files.

Convert from bare repo to working repo

With two steps it is very easy:

First, set the core.bare config value to false :
$ git config --bool core-bare false
then enter the following command to HARD reset your HEAD to initial commit and finally it will create your repos working directory:
$ git reset --hard

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Git

Git Commands

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A list of commonly used Git commands

Getting & Creating Projects

CommandDescription
git initInitialize a local Git repository
git clone ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].gitCreate a local copy of a remote repository

Basic Snapshotting

CommandDescription
git statusCheck status
git add [file-name.txt]Add a file to the staging area
git add -AAdd all new and changed files to the staging area
git commit -m "[commit message]"Commit changes
git rm -r [file-name.txt]Remove a file (or folder)

Branching & Merging

CommandDescription
git branchList branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch)
git branch -aList all branches (local and remote)
git branch [branch name]Create a new branch
git branch -d [branch name]Delete a branch
git push origin --delete [branchName]Delete a remote branch
git checkout -b [branch name]Create a new branch and switch to it
git checkout -b [branch name] origin/[branch name]Clone a remote branch and switch to it
git checkout [branch name]Switch to a branch
git checkout -Switch to the branch last checked out
git checkout -- [file-name.txt]Discard changes to a file
git merge [branch name]Merge a branch into the active branch
git merge [source branch] [target branch]Merge a branch into a target branch
git stashStash changes in a dirty working directory
git stash clearRemove all stashed entries

Sharing & Updating Projects

CommandDescription
git push origin [branch name]Push a branch to your remote repository
git push -u origin [branch name]Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch)
git pushPush changes to remote repository (remembered branch)
git push origin --delete [branch name]Delete a remote branch
git pullUpdate local repository to the newest commit
git pull origin [branch name]Pull changes from remote repository
git remote add origin ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].gitAdd a remote repository
git remote set-url origin ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].gitSet a repository’s origin branch to SSH

Inspection & Comparison

CommandDescription
git logView changes
git log --summaryView changes (detailed)
git diff [source branch] [target branch]Preview changes before merging
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