Git

Quick Tips

Clone master branch only

git clone -b master --single-branch https://github.com/...

• clone a specific branch

  git clone -b <branch_name> <remote_repo_name>
  

Contributing to a Project

List all of the branches

git branch -a

Create a branch on your local machine

git branch <name_branch>

Switch to the branch

git checkout <name_branch>

Create the branch on your local machine and switch in this branch

git checkout -b <name_branch>

Push the branch to remote repository

git push origin <name_branch>

check out the remote branch

git checkout -b <name_branch> origin/<name_branch>

roll back N comments

git reset --hard HEAD~$<N>
git push -f

Stop tracking and ignore changes

• directory

  git rm -r --cached $DIR/
  

• file

  git rm --cached $FILE
  

Tagging

• list tags

  git tag
  

• show tagger information

  git show $TagName
  

• create annotated tag

  git tag -a v1.3 -m "version 1.3"
  

• sync all tags to remote repository (sharing Tags)

  git push origin --tags
  

• delete local tag

  git tag -d $TagName
  

• delete remote tag

  git push --delete origin $TagName