CONFIG

Git & SSH Key Generation

git config --global user.name Süleyman
git config --global user.email [email protected]
cd ~/.ssh && ssh-keygen
# name keygen as github 

# Run the command below and paste on auth key: **<https://github.com/settings/keys**>

# Linux: make sure xclip is installed
cat github.pub | xclip -selection clipboard

# Mac:
pbcopy < github.pub # cat github.pub | pbcopy
cat >> ~/.ssh/config <<'EOF'

Host github.com
    HostName ssh.github.com
    Port 443
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github
    IdentitiesOnly yes
EOF

ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/github

• Add a Second Account

Global Config

# Set an Alias as “git l” for graphed logs
git config --global alias.l "log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --all"
# or
git config --global alias.ls "log --oneline --decorate --graph --all"
# Default Pruning
git config --global fetch.prune true
# Create merge commit message on merge by default
git config --global merge.ff false
# git config --global pull.ff false # if you want the same for pull
git config --global pull.ff true   # allow merge if needed

List the Config

git config -l

BRANCHES

See all branches

# local
git branch
# local + remote
git branch -a

Create xyz branch

git branch xyz

Create xyz branch from another[master] branch and switch to it

git checkout -b xyz main

Create xyz branch from another[main] branch

git branch xyz main

Create a local branch from a remote[github] branch (you can use after cloning master branch)

git checkout -b xyz origin/xyz