{"id":3149,"date":"2017-06-06T12:18:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.davelevy.info\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:07:59","slug":"using-git","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/using-git\/","title":{"rendered":"Using GIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am fed up of having to look up how to make my git repos and upload them, so I am making this page. The man<\/code> page is here…<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Making a new repo from a file system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Make a repo on gh, with a readme<\/code> file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. run git clone<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. copy the files into the remote folder, <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. and upload it to the repo, see the example code<\/a> on this page; gh have a size limit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I needed to learn some new commands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. git rm, see here<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. git clean, see here<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. git tag, see here<\/a>, which I have not yet done.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. I also found this, on git clone<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Loading Files into a Github Repo Branch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Using the command line on the local system, you will need a means of logging in, I used gh auth login<\/code> which requires the installation of package gh<\/code> and I used apt. The following step by step guide came from git-add<\/a> from github.com which has an example section dealing with the branches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. git clone <repo name>; this brings down the master<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. git branch <new branch names> # this creates the branch and I believe that it is easier to do it on the command line, than to use the web site to create the branch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. git branch -a, to check it’s worked<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. git checkout <same branch name as on line 2>, this sets the default branch for push command<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. git add . # adds the changes to commit buffer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. git commit -m “Describing update function”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. git push -u origin <new branch name><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      8. git push origin master<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Because I was unsure, I created a branch in the web site, which I no longer need, so I deleted it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Further advice is available here<\/a>, but was for me less accessible and understandable. Critically it did not document in a way I wanted the checkout command. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Next I need to reset my new branch as the master, git merge performs an addition<\/a>, what I want to do is different, and I found this on substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Loading Files into a Github Repo before I used branches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Use the web interface @ github.com to make an empty repo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. On the development system, issue a git clone<\/code> command, documented here …. You will need the repo file name from the web page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. On the development system, copy the files to be included into the folder created by the git clone command and make that folder current. i.e. cd $newly_created_folder<\/code> and then  perform the following commands which are also explained in more detail here…..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          ooOOOoo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

          $     git add .                                    \n$     git config --global user.email \"john.doe@spammenot.co.uk\"\n$     git config --global user.name \"John Doe\"\n$     git commit -m \"Initial Version\"\n$     git remote -v || git remote add origin ${REPO_URL} \n$     git push origin master\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
          —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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          1. $ git add .<\/code>  copies the files to the local copy of the repo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. $ git config --global user.email \"john.doe@spammenot.co.uk\"<\/code>  which partly establishes identity of author<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. $ git config --global user.name \"Dave Levy\"<\/code>  which partly establishes identity of author<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. $ git commit -m \"Initial Version\"<\/code> commits the changes to the local repo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          5. $ git remote -v || git remote add origin ${REPO_URL}<\/code>  tests if the remote repo is set and sets it if not<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          6. $ git push origin master<\/code>  moves the files to the remote repo, will require login credentials.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            In various places, it advises not to commit until you’ve finished. Also the man page deals with environment variables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
            On Branches & Versions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            1. https:\/\/itnext.io\/the-github-development-workflow-fb48d9bb63f9<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. https:\/\/gist.github.com\/nzakas\/7633640<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. https:\/\/nvie.com\/posts\/a-successful-git-branching-model\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. https:\/\/git-scm.com\/book\/en\/v2\/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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