https://www.clairecodes.com/categories/git/ Recent content in Git on clairecodes Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Fri, 08 Jun 2018 22:17:24 +0100 https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2018-06-08-quickly-switching-between-two-branches-in-git// Fri, 08 Jun 2018 22:17:24 +0100 https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2018-06-08-quickly-switching-between-two-branches-in-git// git checkout - checks out the last branch you were working on. Do you find yourself needing to switch between the same two branches in git again and again? There’s a shortcut for that in the terminal! Instead of typing out the branch name manually each time, substitute the name with the hyphen character -. Note: In the gif, I’m using the Bash shell in iTerm2 on a Mac. https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2018-03-13-deleting-multiple-local-git-branches-with-grep// Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:45:59 +0000 https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2018-03-13-deleting-multiple-local-git-branches-with-grep// After working for a while on a project, it’s likely that you’ll have a lot of branches checked out locally. Branches quickly expire and are no longer needed, so it’s a good idea to delete them. But if you’re like me, you don’t do this very regularly! When I type git branch into the terminal I’m confronted with dozens of dead branches. Delete local branches by typing git branch -D branch-name in your terminal. https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2018-02-19-do-your-own-dotfiles// Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:35:19 +0000 https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2018-02-19-do-your-own-dotfiles// A new job brings lots of changes, including a new laptop or computer. I’m lucky enough to have been able to use a MacBook in all of my developer jobs. (Once you go Mac you never go back!) I recently started a new job and found myself starting from scratch again. I began by downloading Atom, replaced Terminal with iTerm2 and installed some other handy apps. I used my dotfiles to customise my terminal prompt, and thanked Past Claire for committing the code for this to the repo. https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2017-04-06-global-gitignores-is-this-thing-on// Thu, 06 Apr 2017 22:05:26 +0000 https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2017-04-06-global-gitignores-is-this-thing-on// Do you get tired of typing out echo node_modules/ > .gitignore every time you create a new JavaScript project? Do you always forget and commit those pesky node modules to GitHub anyway? And what about those npm_debug.log or .DS_Store files (what even is .DS_Store⁉️)? Well help is at hand to save you yet more precious keystrokes. Create a ✨global gitignore✨ file which will be used by all your git repos locally on your machine and you may never need to write a . https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2016-02-03-git-aliases// Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:42:23 +0000 https://www.clairecodes.com/blog/2016-02-03-git-aliases// How many times do type out the same repetitive commands for Git every day? Want to save some keystrokes? Use a Git alias. Consider the very useful but very long: git log --graph --oneline --decorate What a mouthful. But all you need to do, from any directory at the command line, is type: git config --global alias.plog 'log --graph --oneline --decorate' Then from then on all you need to type is: