useful git commands.md

#Create and checkout a new branch git checkout -b [branchName]

#Checkout a remote branch git checkout -b [localBranchName] origin/[remoteBranchName]

#Push local branch to remote git push -u origin [branchName]

#Delete remote branch git push origin --delete [branchName] git push origin :[branchName]

#Prune local branches git remote prune origin

#Various resets git reset --soft HEAD^ git reset --hard HEAD git reset --hard origin/master

#Push non-master branch to Heroku git push heroku branchName:master git push heroku +HEAD:master

#fix a local commit git commit -m "Something terribly misguided" git reset --soft HEAD~ << edit files as necessary >> git add [yourFiles] git commit -C ORIG_HEAD

checking out a remote branch - if you want localBranchName to be the same as remoteBranchName you can just run git checkout remoteBranchName and it will create the local branch & set it to track the remote