spravcd / monoceros

Final project for CS467

Monoceros

Essential Git Commands

Get this repository for the first time:

git clone https://github.com/Tempurturtul/monoceros.git

Update your local repository:

git pull

Check the state of your local repository:

git status

Switch to a new branch:

git branch -b my-branch

Switch to an existing branch:

git checkout my-branch

List branches:

git branch --list

Update a branch with changes from the master branch:

# Switch to the branch to update
git checkout my-branch
# Pull in changes from the master branch (will fail if there are conflicts)
git pull origin master

Commit (save) changes:

# View the files that have changed
git status
# Stage changes to a file
git add my-file
# Commit all staged changes
git commit -m "My message describing what these changes do"

Push changes to the remote repository:

git push