notes/git.md

Branches

Adding Branches

• local: git checkout -b <branch>
• remote: git push --set-upstream <remote> <branch>
• track remote: git checkout --track <origin>/<branch>

Deleting Branches

• local: git branch -d <name>
• remote: git push -d <remote> <name>
• realize remote deletes: git remote prune <remote>

Non-Standard Activities

• merge only a single file into another branch git checkout <branch> -- <file>
• delete from repo and file system git rm <file>
• set current branch to track remote git branch -u <origin>/<branch>

Config

• set line ending behaviour git config --global core.autocrlf true
• store credentials git config credential.helper store or git config credential.helper cache