gitTips

Tips and Tricks for using git

To create new repository on github and upload your files to it

• create repository on github, create readme.md

Locally:

• Go to the parent folder
• git clone
• Go to the newly created git local repository
• copy file(s) that you want to upload to the git local repository
• git add *
• git commit
• git push

Refresh github, the file(s) should be there

To discard local changes and pull latest from remote repository

• git checkout <file(s)>
• git pull

Branches

• git checkout -b [branchName] # create branch
• git push --set-upstream origin [branchname] #publish branch
• git checkout [branchName] # switch to branch
• git branch # list branches (and where you are)