Git CLI snippets
Notes & Additional information
1. Where are my creds stored when using git config credential.helper store ?

Git CLI snippets

Move recent changes into a separate local branch

  git stash 
  git checkout -b <branch-name>
  git stash pop 

Note: You don’t need to include -b if the local branch you are checking out to already exists.

Remove local branch
```
  git branch -d <branch-name> 
```
Merge two local branches together
1. Switch to target branch you want to merge changes into
```
 git checkout <branch-name>
```
2. Merge branch and resolve conflicts
```
 git merge <branch-with-changes>
```

Get upstream URL for local branch

  git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u}

Get remote branches from git repo
```
  git ls-remote --heads <repo-url>
```
Clone specifc remote branch to local
```
  git clone -b branch-name <repo-url>
```

Delete remote branch on local machine

  git push origin --delete branch-name

Create new local branch and add to remote

  git checkout -b <branch-name> 
  git push -u origin <branch-name> 

Change URL used for “origin” remote

  git remote set-url origin <link-here>

Ignore vim swap files
```
  *~
```

Note: Add this to your .gitignore and commit changes

Cache ( store ) git credentials
```
  git config credential.helper store
```
Reset all changes made on branch to HEAD
```
  git reset --hard HEAD
```

Store git credentials permanantly

  git config --global credential.helper store

Undo recent changes ( commits )
```
  git reset --hard HEAD
```

Note : This throws away all your recent uncommited changes

Create new local branch
```
  git checkout -b <branch name> 
```

Push local branch to remote repo as separate branch

git push <remote-name> <local-branch-name>:<remote-branch-name>

WARNING: DO NOT omit the :<remote-branch-name> or the remote branch will be DELTED

Get branch name
```
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
```
Push all local branches to remote
```
  git push --all -u
```

Note : This is handy if you aren’t sharing a repo with someone, I might use this more often than not since i’m a hobbyist with no partners on my projects. ( As of yet )

Change default editor for commits
```
  git config --global core.editor vim
```

Note : This sets the default editor to vim

Notes & Additional information

Where are my creds stored when using `git config credential.helper store` ?

The credentials are stored on disk in a text file in the home directory of the user , this location is consistent when using both --global and --system arguments , this file by default only gives read / write permissions to the user who initiated the command. The file is stored under ~/.git-credentials. Do note however that this file is in plain text so anyone who can compromise your account ( or malicious NPM modules ) will be able to view your password and token.

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Git CLI snippets

Notes & Additional information

Where are my creds stored when using git config credential.helper store ?

Where are my creds stored when using `git config credential.helper store` ?