Git Usage Guide

Git Client Installation:

For using command line, go to url  https://git-scm.com/downloads  and download the git client(Git Bash) for windows.

For using windows GUI tool, go to url https://desktop.github.com/  and download the GIT Desktop tool for windows.

Git Bash Usage:

For cloning remote repository to local repository(in your windows machine), first set your present working directory to local repository parent folder by using below command:

Command Syntax:

cd <working directory>

Example:

cd C://Users/123456/git repo

Then Use below command to clone:

Command Syntax:

git clone <git url for repo>

Example:

git clone https://github.com/jetway/Sitewide-frontend_VS.git

By default, it will be checked out to master branch.

Then in order to checkout to another feature branch which is already created in remote repository in git server, below command needs to be used.

Command Syntax:

git checkout  <feature_branch>

Example:

git checkout  APFI2_100

If remote repository don’t have the feature branch created, then we can create new feature branch with below command:

Command Syntax:

git checkout -b <new feature branch> <reference branch>

Example:

git checkout –b APFI2_100  master

If new feature branch is created locally which is not in remote server, use below command to upload to remote repository for first time so that there will be a mapping established between local and remote repository for the feature branch:

Command Syntax:

git push --set-upstream origin <feature_branch>

Example:

git push --set-upstream origin APFI2_100

In order to know status at any time, below command needs to be used:

Command Syntax:

git status

After making file changes in local machine, in order to add the local changes to local repository below command needs to be used:

Command Syntax:

git add <file name>

Example:

git add Sample.java

After changes are finalized in local repository in order to push the changes to staging, below command needs to be used:

Command Syntax:

git commit

Note: If many files are changed in local machine, then using git add command all files can be added one after the other and finally one time you can run the command “git commit”.

In order to push the changes from stating to remote repository, below command needs to be used:

Command Syntax:

git push

For day to day work, in order to get latest code from a branch from remote repository use below command:

Command Syntax:

git pull origin <branch_name>

Example:

git pull origin  APFI2_100

Before pulling the changes from remote repository to local repository, if you want to preserve your local changes, then below command needs to be used. This will keep your changes in a private virtual place for later recovery:

Command Syntax:

git stash

In order to apply your stashed changes to your local file system, below command needs to be used:

Command Syntax:

git stash apply

Below command is used for deleting local repository branch:

Command Syntax:

git branch -D <feature_branch>

Example:

git branch –D APFI2_100

Note: This will just delete the branch in your local repository which is in your local machine. It will not delete the branch in remote repository which is in git server.

Very important thing to note:

You should not fork any of the Delta/Virgin Code from Jetway organization to your public profile. If you click “Fork button” at the top right of Github.com repo page, it will take a copy of the repo to your public profile. It is a security violation. So you shouldn’t do it at any time.