Github cheatsheet

Because I’m tired of relearning how to use Github and looking up long boring videos full of commands I’ll never use. This simple cheatsheat is pretty much all I ever do for git commands.

Pulling/cloning a GitHub repo to your local computer:

Can do it from VScode terminal or with OS terminal. Make sure you’ve navigated to the right directory you want to work in!

1. git init – initializes Git session.
2. git clone [email protected]:your-repo-ssh-address.git – clones that repo to your local environment.

Push or update to GitHub repo:

1. git add . will automatically search for all file changes.
2. git commit -m "update notes", or you can use the full git commit -m "something" -m "something" to put both update title and description.
3. git push to push it back up to the GitHub repo.

Other notes:

• git pull – I almost never use this. I typically clone and then only push. I’m rarely work on a production environment locally.
• git status – if you’re ever randomly curious what’s matching or not.
• Repo permissions issues? – I’ve solved it by regenerating SSH keys and using my GitHub email address.