Notes.md

Notes on the videos

Video: Concept of Branches

Pull and track a remote branch:
git checkout -b feature/branch --track origin/feature/branch

Bind an existing local branch to a remote branch (track remote branch):
git branch -u origin/<remote-branch> <local-branch>

Detach a existing local branch from a tracked remote branch (stop tracking remote branch):
git branch --unset-upstream

Push an track a new local branch:
git push -u origin <branch-name>

Push an already tracked branch:
git push origin <branch-name>

List all local branches:
git branch

List all remote branches:
git branch -r

List all branches (local and remote):
git branch -a

Update branches (and delete references to no longer existing remote branches):
git fetch --prune

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Video: Deleting Branches

Delete a local branch:
git branch -d <branch-name>

Delete a remote branch:
git push -d origin <branch-name>

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Video: Gitignore

If you want git to ignore a file or directory, you can add it to .gitignore. But if that file or directory is already tracked by git (i.e. it is already part of a commit and has been pushed to the remote repository), you have to remove it from the git cache and push that change to delete it also on the remote repository.

git rm --cached .DS_Store
git rm -r --cached .idea
git rm -r --cached node_modules
git push

Find out which .gitignore entry is responsible for a certain file being ignored? git check-ignore -v <path/to/file>

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