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

config

filemode

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

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)

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