Git

The official tutorial is hear : https://about.gitlab.com/installation/#debian?version=ce
CE or EE : https://about.gitlab.com/installation/ce-or-ee/?distro=debian

Completely reset

Delete the .git directory locally.

Recreate the git repository:

$ cd (project-directory)
$ git init
$ (add some files)
$ git add .
$ git commit -m 'Initial commit'

To force usage of a specific key, put in your ~/.ssh/config file :

Host [HOST_NAME]
   Hostname [HOST_NAME]
   User [USER_NAME]
   Port [PORT]
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/[your_private_key]

Cherry pick

Example:

This is an example to merge 2 last commits.

1. git rebase -i HEAD~2

2. Change pick to squash the commit you want to merge

3. Save and Exit

4. git push -f origin master

Cannot push Git to remote repository with http/https

return code 22 fatal: git-http-push failed

Tag a branche / Version on git

git tag THE_TAG_NAME

Push tags or a tag to origin ripository

git push --tags

Show tags list

git tag

Add remove git tags.

Create a tag

git tag <TAGNAME>

Push tag

git push origin <TAGNAME>
git push --tags

Pull tags

git tag -l
git checkout tags/<TAGNAME>

Delete local tag

git tag -d <TAGNAME>

This is the brute-force method. It also removes the configuration of the repository.

Step 1: remove all history
rm -rf .git

1 Ignore files And Folders using .gitignore Files (Include and/or Exclude)

Create the gitignore file at the top of your repository,i f it's not already exist
To Exclude A file/folder just add file path or the directory path like: