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
43 ### How to rebase by default
46 git config --global pull.rebase true
51 > To "rebase" simply means to undo any of your changes, apply updates from
52 > another branch first, and then replay your changes.
54 Rebase when fetching new updates
57 git pull --rebase origin master
60 Rebase a feature branch from master before a merge
68 # go back to your feature branch
69 git checkout my-feature
74 # fix conflicts if you need to, and then continue
75 git add ./my-merged-file
79 ### How to authenticate git with deploy tokens
82 [The Vanilla DevOps Git Credentials & Private Packages Cheatsheet](https://coolaj86.com/articles/vanilla-devops-git-credentials-cheatsheet/):
84 First, update `.gitconfig` to handle each type of git URL (git, ssh, and http)
88 git config --global url."https://api@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
89 git config --global url."https://ssh@github.com/".insteadOf "ssh://git@github.com/"
90 git config --global url."https://git@github.com/".insteadOf "git@github.com:"
93 Next, create a `.git-askpass`:
96 echo 'echo $MY_GIT_TOKEN' > $HOME/.git-askpass
97 chmod +x $HOME/.git-askpass
100 Finally, add the following ENVs to your deployment environment:
103 GIT_ASKPASS=$HOME/.git-askpass
105 # Relpace xxxx... with your deploy token
106 MY_GIT_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
109 In the case of Github it may be useful to create a read-only deploy user for
112 This can work with Docker, Github, Gitlab, Gitea, CircleCI, and many more.