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Git Snippets

Starter Cheat Sheet​

Set up your identity with Git git config --global user.name "YOUR_NAME_HERE git config --global user.email "YOUR_EMAIL@MAIL.COM

Initialize repository git init . or just plain git init

Make your first commit git add . git status to check the staged files git commit -m "Initial commit" for your first commit

Add remote repository (we just call it "remote") git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repository.git where

  • origin is the name of your remote
  • and https://github.com/user/repository.git is the URL of your remote

Push to the repository git branch -M main

  • Sets the main/primary branch of Git to main If your repository is still empty git push origin main --force

If your repository is not empty (like working with other people for example) git pull origin main

  • You pull the changes from GitHub to your local copy git push origin main
  • You then push what you've worked on to GitHub for others to see