Basics

Bare basics

semantic versioning

https://semver.org/

clone

git clone <url> clone an arbitrary repository

add

git add . add all files to stage

commit

git commit -m "some commit message" commit staged changes with inline commit message

checkout -> switch

switch: git-scm.com
- git switch -c <branch-name> create new branch and switch to it
checkout:
- ~~git checkout <branch-name> checkout the branch with given name~~
- ~~git checkout -b <branch-name> create and checkout a new branch with given name~~

remotes

git push
git fetch
git pull

log

git log

--graph show visual graph in the terminal
--all list all branches, not only current branch

alias in ~/.gitconfig:

[alias]
lg1 = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)%C(auto)%d%C(reset)' --all
lg2 = log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(auto)%d%C(reset)%n''          %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %an%C(reset)'
lg = lg1

config

local

git config user.email "your_email@abc.example"
git config user.name "Example Name"

filemode

ignore filemod: git config (--global) core.fileMode false

lineend

on linux: git config --global core.autocrlf input

on windows: git config --global core.autocrlf true

to keep LF as end of line in the repo. check git docs

store credentials

in plaintext in ~/.git-credentials

git config --global credential.helper store

add personal accesstoken to credetinal files:

git credential approve << EOF
protocol=https
host=gitlab.com
username=private-token
password=<<your personal access token>>
EOF

content in files:

# ~/.gitconfig
[user]
    email = myMail@mymail.com
    name = Me
[credential]
    helper = store

# ~/.git-credentials
https://private-token:............@gitlab.com

in cache
- git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=<timeout>'
- timeout in seconds (default 900 sec)