This is just stuff that I have put down that I find I use a lot of the time for my own reference.

$ git branch shows what branch you're on

$ git branch -r shows remote branches

$ git branch -a shows all branches

Fork other users repo in GitHub, then clone to your machine.

$ git clone https://github.com/YourUserName/awesome-awesome-repo

Add the remote repo

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/OtherUserName/awesome-awesome-repo

Create your branch

$ git branch your-awesome-branch

Check it out

$ git checkout your-awesome-branch

If adding a folder use.

$ git add nameOfFolder/\\*

Make your commit and push to your new branch.

$ git commit -m 'initial commit'
$ git push origin your-awesome-branch

Manage the rest of the PR via GitHub

git remote -v

First configure the local to point to the remote upstream

$ git remote -v
$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git
$ git remote -v
$ git fetch upstream
$ git checkout master
$ git merge upstream/master

You then use git merge to update any branch on the upstream repository:

$ git merge upstream/dev

Using two factor autentication? Then use the following so you're not addin in your auth token each time you want to push your code.

git remote set-url origin https://yourgithubuser:[email protected]/yourgithubuser/yourrepo.git

Via terminal navigate to your code folder.

$ git init

Add your files.

$ git add .

Adding a folder use the following syntax or it'll get added as a BLOB.

$ git add nameOfFolder/\\*

Commit to local repo.

git commit -m 'some detailed message'

To add your files to the remote repo, first add your remote repo

$ git remote add origin [remote repository URL]
# Sets the new remote
$ git remote -v
# Verifies the new remote URL
$ git push origin master

If you have .env files that are tracked by Git and want to ignore them so your API keys dont get added to GitHubm use:

$ git update-index --assume-unchanged <file>