From Fedora Project Wiki
my notes from attending the Git talk fudcon11:
git for dummies by dummies presented by Paul Frields
yum install git-all
git-config program is deprecated
git config --global user.name 'Susan Lauber'
- writes out to .gitconfig
- I missed Paul's list of other global settings as a minimum
Get a copy of a repo
- make a directory for your copy then clone the repo
git clone ssh://git.fedorahosts.org/git/docs/install-guide
- uses the .git subdir to hold objects, logs, info, branches, refs, and more
- .git/hooks include scripts
- .git/branches are low overhead, easy, very useful
- .git/HEAD points to tip of history
..missing stuff.. while checking gpg fingerprints...
useful git commands:
- status
- diff and diff --cached (from the "mob teaches Paul" series)
- add
- commit and commit -a
during commit edit msg
- first line,keep it short (summery and email subject)
- skip a line then type a longer log (details and email body)
git commit is just committing to local repo git push actually pushes up
git-format-patch to generate a patch file
reverting: git reset
more recommended documentation: [Git Community Book]