Git Cheatsheet

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Creating a new Repository

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# Creating a brand new Git Repository from CLI

# In your current project repository (e.g., CoolCode)
git init

# Create README
echo "# CoolCode Repository" > README.md

# Add ALL files within the current directory
git add -A .

git commit -m "Initial Commit"

# Github CLI to create a new public repo
gh repo create <repo_name> --public

git remote add origin https://github.com/<username>/<repo_name>
git push -u origin master

Removing prior commit

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git push -f origin HEAD^:main

Force a Pull Request (overwrite/remove local files)

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# Remove all uncommitted changes
git reset --hard HEAD

# See what local files will be deleted
git clean -f -d --dry-run

# Delete all untracked files/directories
git clean -f -d

# Sync with repo
git pull