{"id":1484,"date":"2021-03-18T14:49:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:18:51","slug":"working-with-github-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dft.wiki\/?p=1484","title":{"rendered":"Working with Git Repositories in GitHub"},"content":{"rendered":"

First things first. Create an account and log in to GitHub [Link<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Enter Settings > SSH and GPG Keys > Add SSH Key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Give a meaningful name and paste your SSH Public Key<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Create a New Repository<\/strong>. It can be public or private.<\/p>\n

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It is always good to Add a README.md<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n

Add description and instructions about this repo in the README.md file and Save.<\/p>\n

Then click on DOWNLOAD CODE, select SSH, and copy the URL:<\/p>\n

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On your Linux terminal, where you have the Private Key that matches the uploaded Public Key, issue the command to download the repository.<\/p>\n

git clone git@github.com:user\/private.git\r\n<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Pulling changes from remote to local:<\/p>\n
git pull\r\ngit pull --verbose<\/pre>\n
It is important to give Git your identification in order to be able to make changes to your repositories:<\/p>\n
git config --global user.email \"Your E-Mail<\/strong>\"\r\ngit config --global user.name \"Your Name<\/strong>\"\r\ncat ~\/.gitconfig<\/pre>\n
Or for setting user configuration to a repository only:<\/p>\n
git config user.email \"Your E-Mail<\/strong>\"\r\ngit config user.name \"Your Name<\/strong>\"<\/pre>\n
Modify the text in the README.md file you pulled from the repository and Save.<\/p>\n
Check the status of the online repository against the local pulled repository:<\/p>\n
git status<\/pre>\n
Output:<\/p>\n
...\r\nmodified:<\/strong> README.md\r\n...<\/pre>\n
Check what is different by issuing:<\/p>\n
git diff\r\ngit diff --staged\r\ngit diff --staged README.md\r\ngit diff --cached README.md \r\ngit diff file1.txt file2.txt\r\ngit diff COMMIT1-ID COMMIT2-ID\r\ngit --no-pager diff COMMIT1-ID COMMIT2-ID<\/pre>\n
Commit and push the modification to the online repository:<\/p>\n
git add<\/strong> README.md\r\ngit commit -m<\/strong> \"message about the update\"\r\ngit commit --amend<\/strong> -m \"Updating message for the previous commit\"\r\ngit add anotherFile.txt\r\ngit commit --amend --no-edit<\/strong>\r\ngit push<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Remove one file or all files from the stage:<\/p>\n
git reset README.md\r\ngit reset<\/pre>\n
Check if the updates were done on GitHub.<\/p>\n
To create a repository locally, first create a folder and change into it:<\/p>\n
git init<\/strong>\r\ngit remote add origin<\/strong> git@github.com:user\/private2.git\r\ngit remote -v<\/strong>\r\ngit push -u origin master\r\n<\/strong>git push -u origin branchName\r\n<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Check what branch you are in:<\/p>\n
git branch<\/pre>\n
List all branches, including remote ones:<\/p>\n
git branch -a<\/pre>\n
Create a branch.<\/p>\n
git branch firstBranch<\/pre>\n
Create a branch and switch to it:<\/p>\n
git checkout -b firstBranch<\/pre>\n
To make the first push to the new branch issue:<\/p>\n
git push --set-upstream origin firstBranch<\/pre>\n
Note: –set-upstream<\/strong> is the same as -u<\/strong> used previously.<\/p>\n
Eventually, to delete the beach locally (safe way):<\/p>\n
git branch -d firstBranch<\/pre>\n
Force deleting a local branch and losing all changes of the branch:<\/p>\n
git branch -D frstBranch<\/pre>\n
Pushing the branch deletion to remote:<\/p>\n
git push origin --delete firstBranch<\/pre>\n
Show the differences between the current branch and another.<\/p>\n
git diff firstBranch<\/pre>\n
Then merge the branch’s final version to the master:<\/p>\n
git merge firstBranch<\/pre>\n
Switch to another branch.<\/p>\n
git checkout master<\/pre>\n
Renaming or moving files:<\/p>\n
git mv fileName.txt fileNewName.txt\r\ngit mv dir1\/fileName dir2\/<\/pre>\n
To list all of the commits:<\/p>\n
git log\r\ngit log -p\r\ngit log --all --graph --oneline --decorate<\/pre>\n
View one specific commit:<\/p>\n
git show b82ed4bb1a7dbe3ce291af17e73721dbe0c40011\r\ngit show b82ed4<\/pre>\n
Discard not committed changes to a file:<\/p>\n
git checkout -- fileName<\/pre>\n
Revert last changes (creates a new commit to invert changes):<\/p>\n
git revert HEAD<\/pre>\n
Undo last changes:<\/p>\n
git reset HEAD<\/pre>\n
To revert the changes of a specific commit:<\/p>\n
git reset 79645cdce5ef42595fee98306b9644c93f098e55<\/pre>\n
Or<\/p>\n
git reset --hard 79645cdce5ef42595fee98306b9644c93f098e55<\/pre>\n
Put all your changes aside to work on another issue in the original code:<\/p>\n
git stash<\/pre>\n
List all code changes you have stashed:<\/p>\n
git stash list<\/pre>\n
Show what is in the stash:<\/p>\n
git stash show<\/pre>\n
To get back the changes put aside:<\/p>\n
git stash apply<\/pre>\n
Search for a string through all history of commits:<\/p>\n
git log -S 'text' --source --all<\/pre>\n
Searching with a regular expression:<\/p>\n
git log -G \"regex expression\" --source --all<\/pre>\n
Squash all commits in one (use with caution):<\/p>\n
git rebase --root -i<\/pre>\n
Removes a file from Git\u2019s index, and the flag --cached<\/code> stops tracking the file without deleting it from your local filesystem.<\/p>\n
git rm --cached .aws\/credentials<\/pre>\n
Define the timestamp of the commit.<\/p>\n
GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=\"2024-01-15T10:30:01\" GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=\"2024-01-15T10:30:01\" git commit -m \"Initial commit.\"<\/pre>\n
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BONUS<\/strong><\/p>\n
Use Sandfly’s SSH Hunter to audit SSH keys. Unfortunately, it is not open source, but this agent-less tool might give precious information to visualize what the keys present in the system are and how they are being used (or misused), orphan, or unauthorized keys [Link<\/a>].<\/p>\n
Create your own Private Git Server<\/strong> [Link<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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