1. General Tasks

1.1 Creating a new repository

First initialise the repository

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git init

Write code, then commit.

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git commit

1.2 Clone a repository

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git clone https://github_url/project-name.git

1.3 Changing a repositories’ remote URL

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git remote set-url origin https://github_url/project-name.git

2. Branches

2.1 List Branches

To list all branches in the current repository.

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git branch -a

2.2 New Branch

To create a new branch named newBranchName, where BaseBranchName is the base branch.

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git checkout -b newBranchName BaseBranchName

Note: BaseBranchName is optional

2.3 Change Working Branch

Change working branch to BranchName.

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git checkout BranchName

2.4 Delete a Branch

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git branch -d BranchName

2.5 Delete a Remote Branch

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git push RemoteRepositoryURL -d BranchName

3. Tags

3.1 List All Tags

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git tag

3.2 Delete a Tag

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git tag -d TagName

3.3 Sync Local/Remote Tags

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git fetch --prune --tags

4. Subtrees

4.1 Add a new Subtree from a remote repository

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git subtree add --prefix LocalFolder RemoteRepoURL.git BranchName --squash

4.2 Update a Subtree from a remote repository

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git subtree pull --prefix LocalFolder RemoteRepoURL.git BranchName --squash

4.3 Remove a Subtree

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git remote rm LocalFolder