Githandson

Git Hands-on

All of these exercises should be followed on naf-school01 using your school account

• cd ~/school/git
• Configure git
  • git config --global user.name "Your Name"
  • git config --global user.email you.email@domain

• cat ~/.gitconfig

• optional extras
  • git config --global color.ui auto # If you like colours!
  • git config --global alias.co checkout
  • git config --global alias.st status
  • git config --global alias.ci commit
  • git config --global core.editor emacs # flame bait
  • git config --global core.edit vim

• git clone gitolite3@naf-school02:gitlab
• cd gitlab
• git status
• vi ${USER}.txt
  • write something
• git status # what is updated? Working tree, Index or Repository?
  • git diff
  • git diff HEAD
  • git diff --cached
• git add ${USER}.txt
  • git status
  • git diff
  • git diff HEAD
  • git diff --cached
• git commit -m “Add user text file”
  • git status
  • git diff
  • git diff HEAD
  • git diff --cached
• git push origin master
  • this might not work! Why?
  • tip: what does “git pull --rebase” do?