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====== Git Quick Help ======

===== Get a git repository from GitHub to a pc =====

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This command must be executed <color #ed1c24>in the parent folder</color> where you want this new cloned repository to be cloned into like in the Document folder of a Windows PC.
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<code bash>
# the git url can be obtained from the git repository 
# in the browser by clicking on the green button labeled 
git clone <git url>
</code>

===== Set Git to remember user cridentials for folder under git control =====

<code bash>
git config credential.helper store
</code>

===== Save updates added or changed in a folder already under git control =====

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The following commands must be executed <color #ed1c24>in the repository folder</color> previously cloned from GitHub.

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<code bash>
# add veryting not under git control to be under git control
git add .
# check the status of git - optional
git status
# commit everything added
git commit -m "comment for the submission"
# synchronise the committed updates with GitHub using push
git push

</code>

===== update a current git repository with the latest updates on GitHub online. =====
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This command must be executed <color #ed1c24>inside the repository folder</color>.
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<code bash>
git pull
</code>

===== Create a git server =====

[[https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-http-git-server-on-ubuntu-18-04/]]