Useful Git workflows
Temporarily undoing changes
Regular one-off stash:
# Moves all local changes to the stash
git stash
# Moves last stashed changes back to local (i.e. re-applies them)
git stash pop
Named stash:
git stash push -m "name_of_stash"
git stash list
# Replace 0 in the below by any number in the list
git stash apply "stash@{0}"
# Alternatively, apply using saved name/message
git stash apply "name_of_stash"
Initial setup
# Get username (and more)
git config --list
# Set username and email
git config --global user.name "My Name"
git config --global user.email myEmail@example.com
Switch to repo that exists on remote origin but not locally
# Fetch latest remote changes or simply overwrite with 'git pull'
git fetch
# Show branches available to checkout
git branch -v -a
# Switch to branch that doesn't exist locally
git switch [name_of_branch]
Create new branch and push to origin
# Create a new variable my_branch and give it a value
Set-Variable -Name "my_branch" -Value "do-something"
# Create and checkout $my_branch locally
git checkout -b $my_branch
# Commit all changes with your message
git commit -a -m "Your commit message"
# Push all changes to a new upstream branch called your_branch and set remote tracking
git push -u origin $my_branch
# Or...
git push --set-upstream origin $my_branch