New Computer
Setting global Git config options:
git config --global user.name "name"
git config --global user.email "email"
Setting the git lola alias:
Add the following to ~/.gitconfig.
[alias]
lol = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
lola = log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --all
[color]
branch = auto
diff = auto
interactive = auto
status = auto
Mistakes
Amend last commit with current changes:
git commit --amend --no-edit
Reset N commits:
# soft
git reset HEAD~N
# hard
git reset HEAD~1 --hard
Checkout Branch from GitHub Fork
git remote add coworker https://path/to/coworkers/repo.git
git fetch coworker
git checkout --track coworker/foo
# then in future
git checkout foo
git pull
From this answer on StackOverflow.
Checkout Switch
Switching to - will switch you back to the previous branch, similar to cd -.
git checkout main
git checkout develop
git checkout -
git checkout -
Git Status Exclude Untracked Files
Good home directory bare repos (for config files).
git status -uno