Git Submodules allows to use a git repository as a subdirectory of another repository. This enables us to use another repository with a reference that can be tracked separately from the main repository. When to use Often an application (hosted on git), will have dependencies on other external code. There […]
Sometimes we might need to update user name/email of pushed commit in GIT.It might happen that we are working with multiple users in our local environment, and have pushed the commit with the wrong user. Or we might also want to update the username string to something more of our […]
Config file settings The first Host section is if you want to have a default user setting. Can be removed if you want to explicitly set the username for individual git repositories. Git remote settings for repo
Sometimes it might be required to ignore everything in a folder except specific file(s). For anyone working with git, they would be familiar with the .gitignore file located at the base folder. GIT uses this file to decide, which files/folders to exclude from the source-control. Examples are:1. node_modules/2. cache folders3. […]
Git Commands lists some basic commands that makes working with GIT easier. It’s a go-to cheat-sheet for everyday GIT. Initialize an empty git repository Add (stage) all the added/modified files for commit To add specific files, use Commit all the staged files from the above command Push the changes to […]
While working with git, git pull and git push make up for the majority of the commands we run. git pull This command is a shortcut for git fetch and git merge. While many developers advocate for using the git fetch and the git merge command, for the novice of […]
While working with repositories, one would have come across the concept of branch. While in every CVS system, the meaning of branch is more or less the same, but they work differently in all of them. The git uses something which is called as a revolutionary way of handling the branch […]
I have started working on git recently for my projects and find it a huge step towards keeping my work organized and synced. I learned a lot from around the web and decided to give the information back to the web in a way as concise as possible. Below we layout the […]
Have you started working on git recently and feel a little clumsy about its command line way? I have been there too, and being a UI friendly guy, I even sometimes forget its commands anyway. Some very basic GIT commands to make the life easier for a developer. So here […]
