webdev-ashishk / git-config

inside the Git

Git-Tips-and-Tricks

Configure Git

git config --global user.name "your_username"

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

git config --global --list

Don't write every time userName and Password

Write user & password first time and along with this write below code that specify when timerout expires

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git config --global credential.helper "cache --timeout=86400"

How to delete a Git repository

Steps to delete a local Git repo

1. Open the the local Git repo’s root folder
2. Delete all of the files and folder in the Git repo’s root folder
3. Delete the hidden .git folder with File Explorer or through the command line
4. Run a git status command. A fatal: not a git repository error verifies that the Git repo is deleted

Command line Git repository delete

If you’re familiar with the terminal window or the DOS prompt, you can easily perform a command line Git repository delete. Just run the rm command with the -f and -r switch to recursively remove the .git folder and all of the files and folders it contains.

This Git repo remove command also allows you to delete the Git repo while allowing all of the other files and folder to remain untouched.

rm -fr .git

Divergent branch problem

You have divergent branches and need to specify how to reconcile them

1. git pull --ff-only

2. git pull origin master

Your code uploaded to github

Divergent branch problem

when Previous solution not working then Use This technique

1. click Code copy HTTPS LINKS
2. Run

   git clone <HTTPS LINK>

3. Paste Your previous file Which not uploading to github

   git push origin master

Your code uploaded to github

How to visit(Traverse) previous commits

list of previous commits and show #code's

git log --oneline

git checkout <#code>

How to Revert to a Previous Commit Using the git reset command

git reset works with local repository

list of previous commits and show #code's

git log --oneline

undo the previous commit

git reset <#code> --hard

git revert works with online repository

git revert <#code>

How to Rename Branch

list of branch

git branch

Rename branch

git branch -m <oldBranchName> <newBranchName>

How to Rename Previous commit

git commit --amend -m "New commit message."

Fix issue

Solve any issue in Git You must run this command after every command to see What going on

git status

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github CLI setup

 sudo apt install gh

gh auth login

• https://youtu.be/8Iljd2rZEIA

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Giving permission to github CLI delete the repo

 gh auth refresh -h github.com -s delete_repo

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Create a repo at one click

gh repo new/create <repo name> --public
                               --private
                               --internal
                               

Delete a repo at one click

gh repo delete <repo name> --confirm

Rename a repo

gh repo rename <new-repo-name>

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Most used github shortcuts

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When something change remote but not present locally and wanted to push my code to remote then this proble occurs

First solution

git push origin master -f

Second Solution(recomended)

git pull origin master
git push origin master

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