Git

Helpful commands

Test

int main(int a, char* args[]) {
  // Test
  return 0;
}

Getting stuff from other branch

 git remote add live <other branch>
 git pull live master

Commit

 git commit -m "This is a great check in"
 git push

Checking out a branch

 git clone <address>
 git fetch origin
 git checkout <branch name>

Setting Credentials

 git config --global credential.helper store

Show non pushed changes

 git diff origin/master..HEAD

Put a cloned project into gitlab

git init
git remote set-url origin http://gitlab.com/bibble235/project.git
git commit -m "copy of project"
git push

Compare Branches

$ git diff branch1..branch2

Show Which Branch

git branch

Merging

This is how to merge from main to mybranch

// clone the source
git clone blahhhh
// checkout the branch
git checkout mybranch
// merge changes into main
git merge main
// Go into vs code
// Take the version you care about
git commit -m 'Merge code to main'
git push

View Deleted Files

# List all deleted files
git log --diff-filter D --pretty="format:" --name-only

# Find last commit
git log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H -- src/services/__test__/myFile.test.tsx

Setting up new Repo from CLI

 cd /path/to/repo
 # Make sure you need this line, maybe you did it wrong the first time 
 rm -rf .git
 git init
 git branch -m main
 git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/<user>/<repo_name>
 git add .
 git commit -m "first commit"
 git push -u origin main

Making a Branch for Change

git branch 123xx
git checkout 123xx
git add .
git commit -m "Blah"
git push

# Make a pull request

# If request rejected you can reset what you have
git reset ^HEAD

# Recommit your stuff
git add .
git commit -m "Blah"
git push

July 2023

Update local Main Branch (main) to remote (main) branch

// Make sure you have not modified this prior to starting (unless you wanted to)
// In the local copy directory
git pull origin main
// Check all good git diff should be empty (unless you have made changes)
git diff

Update local non-Main Branch (DEV) from remote (main) branch

This is the way I currently do it

git fetch origin main
git merge origin/main