Git Quick Help
Get a git repository from GitHub to a pc
This command must be executed in the parent folder where you want this new cloned repository to be cloned into like in the Document folder of a Windows PC.
# the git url can be obtained from the git repository # in the browser by clicking on the green button labeled git clone <git url>
Set Git to remember user cridentials for folder under git control
git config credential.helper store
Save updates added or changed in a folder already under git control
The following commands must be executed in the repository folder previously cloned from GitHub.
# 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
update a current git repository with the latest updates on GitHub online.
This command must be executed inside the repository folder.
git pull