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

commit in (new) branch

• git stash push
• git checkout -b <branch_name>
• git stash pop

branches

• 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

rename branch

• git checkout <old_name>
• git branch -m <new_name>
• git push origin -u <new_name>
• git push origin --delete <old_name>

store credentials

• in plaintext in ~/.git-credentials
  • git config --global credential.helper store
• in cache
  • git config credential.helper 'cache --timeout=<timeout>'
  • timeout in seconds (default 900 sec)

gitlab personal access token

• go to https://gitlab.com/-/profile/personal_access_tokens
  • rights: read_repository and write_repository
  • add line in ~/.git-credentials: https://private-token:{{token}}@gitlab.com

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