help.txt

  {cyan}{bold}
  HELPFUL THINGS{/bold}{/cyan}
  
  - Get stuck? Find an error? File and issue at:
  {bold}github.com/jlord/git-it{/bold}

  {cyan}
  GIT COMMANDS
  ------------{/cyan}
  
  {cyan}Configuration{/cyan}

  {bold}Configure your name{/bold}

  $ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
  
  {bold}Configure your username{/bold}

  $ git config --global user.username githubusername

  {bold}Configure your email{/bold}

  $ git config --global user.email youremail@example.com
  
  {cyan}Check in{/cyan}

  {bold}Check status of changes to a repository{/bold}

  $ git status
  
  {bold}View changes between commits{/bold}

  $ git diff

  {bold}Add a file's changes to be commited{/bold}

  $ git add <FILENAME>

  {bold}To add all files' changes{/bold}

  $ git add .

  {bold}To commit (aka save) the changes you've added with a short
  message describing the changes{/bold}

  $ git commit -m "your commit message"
  
  {cyan}Remotes{/cyan}

  {bold}To push your changes to a remote{/bold}

  $ git push <REMOTENAME> <BRANCHNAME>

  {bold}To pull in changes from remote{/bold}

  $ git pull <REMOTENAME> <BRANCHNAME>
  
  {bold}To set a URL for a remote{/bold}

  $ git remote set-url <REMOTENAME> <BRANCHNAME>
  
  {bold}Add a remote{/bold}

  $ git remote add <REMOTENAME> <BRANCHNAME>
  
  {cyan}Branches{/cyan}

  {bold}Merge a branch into current branch{/bold}

  $ git merge <BRANCHNAME>

  {bold}Change the branch you're working on{/bold}

  $ git checkout <BRANCHNAME>

  {bold}Delete a local branch{/bold}
  
  $ git branch -d <BRANCHNAME>

  {bold}Delete a remote branch{/bold}

  $ git push <REMOTENAME> --delete <BRANCHNAME>

  {cyan}
  BASH COMMANDS
  -------------{/cyan}

  {bold}Make a new folder (aka directory){/bold}

  $ mkdir <FOLDERNAME>

  {bold}Navigate into an existing folder (aka change directory){/bold}

  $ cd <FOLDERNAME>
  
  {bold}Back out of a folder/directory{/bold}
  
  $ cd ..
  
  {bold}Back out all the way to the root directory{/bold}
  
  $ cd

  {bold}List the items in a folder{/bold}
  
  $ ls 

  {bold}Remove (delete) a file{/bold}

  $ rm <FILENAME>

  {bold}Remove (delete) a folder{/bold}

  $ rm -rf <FOLDERNAME>