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-rw-r--r--README.git33
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2ae74d3..533493a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ gawk
pgawk
stamp-h1
+test/fmtspcl.ok
diff --git a/README.git b/README.git
index 59079598..490558ab 100644
--- a/README.git
+++ b/README.git
@@ -179,6 +179,13 @@ something to the repository.
git checkout my_stuff # change to branch my_stuff
git checkout -b my_stuff # create new branch my_stuff and change to it
+- How can I pull patches from a branch ?
+
+ git pull origin feature_branch
+
+The name of the branch can be omitted if your current branch is
+created to track the feature_branch ("git branch -t", see below).
+
- How can I create a branch ?
For each new feature to be considered for inclusion into future
@@ -187,7 +194,8 @@ branch shall be based on the master branch.
# make master branch the base
git checkout master
- git branch my_new_feature_branch
+ # create new feature branch and connect local to upstream branch
+ git branch -t my_new_feature_branch
touch my_new_file.c
git add my_new_file.c
git status
@@ -195,6 +203,18 @@ branch shall be based on the master branch.
git push -u origin my_new_feature_branch
git checkout my_new_feature_branch
+
+- How can I merge recent patches from the master branch ?
+
+My feature branch has been created as describe above (based on master).
+While I committed and pushed up my changes, the master branch has also changed.
+Now I want to catch up with recent changes in the master branch.
+
+ git diff origin/master # What is in master that I don't have ?
+ git merge origin/master # Merge all master patches into local rep
+ git push -u origin my_new_feature_branch # Push these local changes up
+
+
- How can I throw away an obsolete branch ?
git push origin :newfeature # remove remote branch
@@ -210,6 +230,10 @@ branch shall be based on the master branch.
If you have already committed the change and want back the
last pushed version, use "git reset" instead.
+- I have committed stupid changes, how can I undo the "git commit" ?
+
+ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/git-undo-last-commit
+
- Who changed a specific line in my file ?
@@ -235,6 +259,13 @@ You can inspect the log history file-wise but also directory-wise.
git gc
+- How can I change settings with an editor (without "git xxx" command) ?
+
+This is useful for inspecting the settings of local and remote branches that track each other.
+
+ vi .git/config
+
+
Thanks,