GIT Distributed Version Control

Posted by John
on Monday, 12 May 2008
Install
sudo aptitude install git-core
Basic Commands
git init                   ...init repository
git add .                  ...add everything in dir to repository
git commit -a -m 'update'  ...add + commit changes
git diff                   ...show changes since last commit

git add [file]             ...add file
git rm [file]              ...remove file
git mv [file]              ...move file
Mirror Git Repository
rsync -azvCL --delete --progress 
   -e "ssh -i /home/[user]/.ssh/[mykey]" .git/* 
[user]@[user].strongspace.com:/home/[user]/[project]/.git/
Ignore Whitespace
git-apply --whitespace=nowarn
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  1. gitster – Wednesday, 28 May 2008
    Your explanation for "git checkout [path]" is a bit questionable.

    For list of "small set of commands to get you started", I'd drop "git status" and substitute it with "git diff" if I were you.

    Anyway, have fun with git.
  2. John – Wednesday, 28 May 2008
    thanks, it was just a quick post of commands to get me started. to be honest i haven't had a need to use git checkout yet but will update to suit.

    git's really shocking me with how fast and intelligent it is, much better than svn for small isolated stuff.
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