Overview

Common patterns when using git.

Repositories

Initializing a Repository

Go to the project’s directory
git init
Go to GitHub and create repository
git remote add <repository name> <GitHub URL>
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit."
1. git pull <name> main – Only needed if anything was added to GitHub repository directly (like README).
git push --set-upstream <name> main

Renaming repositories

git mv <old> <new>
git commit
git push
git remote rename <old> <new>
git remote set-url --add <new> <URL>
git remote set-url --delete <new> <old URL>
GitHub > repository > Settings > Rename
Rename local directory

Cleaning a Remote Repository

git remote prune origin

Branches

Common Branching Workflow

Create a new branch and do some work

git switch --create hotfix – Create and switch to branch hotfix
git push --set-upstream <remote> hotfix – Create hotfix branch on remote
Do work as normal.

Merge the new branch back into main

git switch - or git switch main – Switch to branch main
git merge hotfix – Merge branch hotfix into main
git branch --delete hotfix – Delete branch hotfix locally
git push <remote> --delete hotfix – Delete branch hotfix on remote
git commit -m "Merged hotfix into main"
git push

Renaming Branch “master” to “main”

git branch -m master main
git push -u origin main
GitHub > Settings > Branches > master > main > Update
git branch -u origin/main main
GitHub > Branches > master > Delete this branch.

Delete a Remote Branch

git push -d origin <branch-name>