Git Quick Start Guide

Begin by cloning the remote repository onto your local machine.

• git clone <username>@<remote_host>:/repo/location

To begin tracking a new file use the command git add

• git add <file_name>

To view the status of files to be committed use the command git status (no arguments).

• git status

To commit stages changes use the command git commit

• git commit <file_name>

To push your committed changes to the remote git server use the push command.

• git push origin master <file_name>

Branching off of the local repo is done using the branch command.

• git branch <new_branch>

A list of all branches can be viewed by executing the branch command with no arguments.

• git branch

To tell git to ignore certain files types, create a file called .gitignore

• $ cat .gitignore
• # a comment - this is ignored
• *.a # no .a files
• !lib.a # but do track lib.a, even though you're ignoring .a files above
• /TODO # only ignore the root TODO file, not subdir/TODO
• build/ # ignore all files in the build/ directory
• doc/*.txt # ignore doc/notes.txt, but not doc/server/arch.txt

Other useful links:

• Six Revisions Beginner Tutorial

• Git Documentation