pwd - Ehows my current location in the file system
cd directory - Change to a specific directory
cd - Change to home directory
cd .. - Go up one directory
cd - - Change to the previous directory
ls - List files in that directory
mkdir - Create a new folder
less {file} - Read a file one page at a time; Q to quit, ENTER to go down a line, SPACE to go down a page
rm {file} - Deletes a file (there is no undelete)
nano {file} - Create a file and begin adding text into this file, save it, and exit nano editor (you can use any editor available)
cat {file} - Show file contents (i.e. the text within)
git pull origin master - Pull changes from the remote repository to the local one
git push {remote} {origin} - Push local changes to the remote repository and update with the latest changes
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git config --global user.email "{email}" - Setup global git email
git config --global user.name "{name}" - Setup global git username
git config --list - Displays your settings and shows you the chosen name, email, and other relevant information
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git clone ssh://[email protected]/repo.git - Clone an existing repository
git init - Create a new local repository and putting the directory under version control
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git status - Check any changed files in your working directory
git diff - Changes to tracked files
git diff --staged - Shows the difference between the last committed change and what's in the staging area
git add - Add all current changes to the next commit
git add <file1><file2><file_n> -Add several files to the staging area
git commit -m "{message}" - Save a version in the repository with the message.
git commit -a "{message}" - Commit all local changes in tracked files
git commit -am "{message}" - Will commit all files being tracked
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git log - Show all commits in reverse chronological order
git log -p {file} - Show changes over time for a specific file
git blame {file} - Who changed what and when in file
git status - Current status of the repository
git checkout -- {file} - Restore the last committed version of file
git log - Show a commit history
git diff HEAD~{X} {file} - View the different changes at different steps to refer to old commits, where X refers to a number (for example the number 2 would show the second last commit done)
git diff {log number} {file} - Refer to commits using the saved git log string of digits that are unique to the commit, and you can either type out the whole line of digits or approximately the first ten digits
git reset HEAD file_name - Unstages file changes in the staging area
git reset SHA -Can be used to reset to a previous commit in your commit history.
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nano .gitignore - Create a file with written text, showing the core extensions of the files that require ignoring and not to be viewed (for example .dat is written for files like a.dat, b.dat, c.dat to be ignores)
git add -f {file.extension} - Command overrides the ignore settings set in .gitignore and will add file.extension
git status ignored - View the status of ignored files withn .gitignore
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git branch - Lists all a Git project's branches.
git branch branch_name - Creates a new branch.
git checkout branch_name - Used to switch from one branch to another.
git merge branch_name - Used to join file changes from one branch to another.
git branch -d branch_name - Deletes the branch specified.
git tag tag_name - adds a human readable commit label. See the Git tag documentation for more information and note the specific comments about pushing tags to the remote server.
- Create a local copy of the repository with
git clone <repo url>(you have probably already done this) - Switch to your branch with
git checkout mybranch - Add a remote origin with a specific branch with 'git remote add -t mybranch myorigin `
- Sync the remote repository with the local one with
git pull myorigin
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N.B - Everything within { } is a specific name, line of text, or referring to something that is unique and is not part of the command you type out
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See this article for an overview and introduction to git
You can only log on from the campus network (Lifesci or UoD IT suites - UoD wireless may be difficult)
Point your ssh client to ts-ug.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk and login with your username/password (or use SSH keys if you know how to set that up)
You have all the Unix tools there, like git and so on. The preferred way to sync software and scripts is with git, though you can use scp to copy data to/from the server.
