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git:quick-start-guide [2008/11/20 14:32] miconda |
git:quick-start-guide [2009/04/22 20:56] andrei added note about using rebase by default for master |
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===== GIT URLs ===== | ===== GIT URLs ===== | ||
- | * git:// | + | * %%git:// |
- | * http:// | + | * http:// |
- | * ssh:// | + | * %%ssh:// |
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* http:// | * http:// | ||
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===== First config options ===== | ===== First config options ===== | ||
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+ | * Recommended git version: >= 1.5.6.1 | ||
* First of all, set your name and email address: | * First of all, set your name and email address: | ||
< | < | ||
- | git config --global user.name | + | git config --global user.name ' |
- | git config --global user.email | + | git config --global user.email 'your email address' |
</ | </ | ||
- | | + | Some other recommended git config setting: |
* include summaries of merged commits in commit merge messages (a MUST) | * include summaries of merged commits in commit merge messages (a MUST) | ||
< | < | ||
git config --global merge.log true | git config --global merge.log true | ||
+ | git config --global merge.summary true # same as above, for older git versions | ||
</ | </ | ||
* behave as if --track is added to every git-pull | * behave as if --track is added to every git-pull | ||
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git config --global branch.autosetupmerge always | git config --global branch.autosetupmerge always | ||
</ | </ | ||
+ | * by default perform a rebase instead of a merge when pulling into the local master branch (highly recommended, | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | git config branch.master.rebase true | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | * by default use --no-ff when merging into master (this means that a merge commit message will be generated for all merges; without it fast-forward merges will not generate a merge message). **Note**: --no-ff will generate merge logs even when updating master from origin (git pull origin master), which is not what you want. You should either use " | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | # recommended _only_ if you do a _lot_ of merges between public branches | ||
+ | # (see Note: above), otherwise you're better off without it in the config | ||
+ | # git config branch.master.mergeoptions | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== GIT commit into master howto ===== | ||
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+ | Please see [[git: | ||
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+ | ===== GIT merge into master howto ===== | ||
+ | Please see [[git: |