Simple Git
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Repository Setup
Click here to create your repository (you only need do this once)
# Clone your repository into a new directory named cs225git
git clone https://github-dev.cs.illinois.edu/cs225-sp19/[YOUR NETID].git cs225git
# Add the release repository as a remote
git remote add release https://github-dev.cs.illinois.edu/cs225-sp19/_release.git
Assignment Setup
# Update your connection to the release repository
git fetch release
# Merge the lab_intro branch of the release repository into your repository
git merge release/lab_intro -m "Merging lab_intro from release repository"
Making a Checkpoint For Your Code
# Adding all tracked files to checkpoint
git add -u
# Making a local checkpoint with a meaningful description
git commit -m "Finally got the first test case to pass"
# Saving the checkpoint to the master branch of the origin remote
# This is also submitting your assignment for grading
git push origin master
Verify your Submission
We recommend you always verify your submission by visiting https://github-dev.cs.illinois.edu/ and viewing the files in your repository. Only the files that appear on the
masterbranch of your github-dev repository will be graded.
Other Useful Commands
# Update your local repository with the remote repository
git pull
# Prints useful information about the present state of your
# local repository relative to the remote repository's state.
git status
# Prints the commit history of the local repository
git log
# When you want to redo the making of a new commit (all new edits are kept)
git reset
# Permanently erases all un-committed changes
git reset --hard
# Permanently undo the latest commit
git reset --hard HEAD^
# Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
git revert HEAD~3