Git Cheatsheet

This is a cheatsheet for Windows users using the bash git terminal.

most of these commands assume that you are using the git bash terminal and are set up with SSH / auth already working

Moving around

change folders (directories in linux-speak), specify the folder usually relative to where you currently are

cd Documents/Godot

cd can be remembered mnemonically as “Change Directory,” or “CEE DEEZ nuts!”

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How Do I Download from GitLab

You want to use the clone command, so git clone it.

Upgrade Your Git: WIP

If you’ve been a developer for a decent amount of time, you’re probably familiar with git; it’s the de-facto source control system for coders. RIP Mercurial, SVN, and the others.

You should have your own .gitconfig, and you should be pretty familiar with git. You should also probably know that “git-flow” is not the best thing.

Use Git Hooks

You probably suck at git. On top of that, you probably have a lot of other things you’re worrying about. It’s ok, we all have that problem.

But git is not just a tool to bonk new developers with weird corners. It’s not just a tool to make you interact with your coworkers during pull requests. It’s also a development tool.

Git Remotes Mixed Up

If you’re using git for any length of time, professionally, or for hobbies, you’ll probably run into the problem of using other publicly available repositories. If you git clone from such a repository, make your changes commit, then push you’ll probably run into a huge problem; you’re now asking to modify a repository you do not own! How do you change where you’re pushing to? The answer is “remotes” which is pretty cryptic to be honest…