Git Resources

Commonly used commands, cheat sheets, tools, etc.

Introduction

Version control with git. Why? How? What else?

Model

  flowchart LR;
      working_dir-->|git add|staged;
      staged-->|git commit|local;
      local-->|git commit --amend|local;
      local-->|git push|remote;
      remote-->|git pull|local;

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Commands

• git clone <repo> creates a local clone of an existing remote repository.
• git log shows the local and remote commits of the current branch.
• git add <file> stages an existing file for commit.
• git status shows the staged files and files with changes.
• git commit -m <message> creates a local commit of staged files.
• git commit creates a local commit of staged files with a message interactively written in an editor.
• git pull pulls new commits from the remote repository to the local repository.
• git push pushes local commits to the remote repository.

Branches

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Cheat Sheets

Cheat Sheet #1

Simulators

• https://git-school.github.io/visualizing-git/
• https://learngitbranching.js.org/

Github

A host for remote git repositories which provides numerous additional features/services

Getting Started

1. Create account.
2. Create organization.
3. Create repositories.
4. Set up SSH keys allow push to remote repo.

Editing

• Github markdown syntax
• Mermaid diagram intro
• Mermaid diagram syntax

Github Actions

Github Actions is Github's CI/CD system which can be used for building, testing, and deploying software, but also for other automation tasks.

• Quick Start
• Workflows
• Github Actions with MATLAB