Git Commands

Git Commands

Configure global git ignore

1. try to get the current config

    \$ git config --get core.excludesfile
   

2. if it doesn’t exist, you can create a file

    \$ git config --global core.excludesFile '~/.gitignore'
   
    \$ git config --get core.excludesfile                  
    \$ ~/.gitignore
   

Two ways of creating a GitHub repository

There are two ways to create a Github repository. One is pushing from local to remote, another is pulling from remote to local.

1. Create a repo on Github and Clone it to local

1. Create a repo on Github
2. Go to the project, find a URL
3. Go to your local folder, run command git clone URL

2. Create a local repository, push it to your Github account

1. Go to your Github page, create a new repository, select Push an existing repository, get your repo address
2. Create a directory to contain the project, go into this directory
3. git init to initialise it as a Git Repository
4. You’ll probably want to create a .gitignore file
5. Run git add . and git commit -m "Commit message"
6. In your local, run git remote add origin REPO_URL. You can get your REPO_URL from git remote -v
7. Push your code: git push -u origin YOUR_BRANCH, in this case can be git push -u origin master

3. Configure remote url

# works without internet
\$ git config --get remote.origin.url

# works with internet
\$ git remote show origin

References

• Start a new git repository
• Understanding git init

Last Updated: Dec 2019