3 homepage: https://git-scm.com
5 git: --fast-version-control
7 > Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
8 > unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full
12 Github's [Git 'Hello World'](https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/)
13 is a good place to get started if you're new to git.
15 ### How to commit files
18 git add ./path/to/file1
19 git add ./path/to/file2
20 git commit -m "my summary for this commit"
23 ### How to ignore common files
25 In your project repository create a `.gitignore` file with patterns of fies to
35 ### How to create a branch
37 This will branch from the branch you're currently on.
40 git checkout -b my-branch-name
45 Rebase when fetching new updates
48 git pull --rebase origin master
51 Rebase a feature branch from master before a merge
59 # go back to your feature branch
60 git checkout my-feature
65 # fix conflicts if you need to, and then continue
66 git add ./my-merged-file
70 ### How to authenticate git with deploy tokens
73 [The Vanilla DevOps Git Credentials & Private Packages Cheatsheet](https://coolaj86.com/articles/vanilla-devops-git-credentials-cheatsheet/):
75 First, update `.gitconfig` to handle each type of git URL (git, ssh, and http)
79 git config --global url."https://api@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
80 git config --global url."https://ssh@github.com/".insteadOf "ssh://git@github.com/"
81 git config --global url."https://git@github.com/".insteadOf "git@github.com:"
84 Next, create a `.git-askpass`:
87 echo 'echo $MY_GIT_TOKEN' > $HOME/.git-askpass
88 chmod +x $HOME/.git-askpass
91 Finally, add the following ENVs to your deployment environment:
94 GIT_ASKPASS=$HOME/.git-askpass
96 # Relpace xxxx... with your deploy token
97 MY_GIT_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
100 In the case of Github it may be useful to create a read-only deploy user for
103 This can work with Docker, Github, Gitlab, Gitea, CircleCI, and many more.