git

Git is a distributed version control and source code management (SCM) system.

http://git-scm.com/

Branch creation based on current branch

• git branch #show current branch
• git checkout -b B/20130801/BRANCH-XYZ master # create new branch based on branch master
• git branch -m B/20130801/BRANCH-XYZ B/20130801/BRANCH-ZZZ # rename local branch
• git push origin B/20130801/BRANCH-ZZZ # push branch B/20130801/BRANCH-ZZZ to remote

Commit to remote branch

• git commit -am 'Message commit xyz ' --all #commit locally
• git pull origin B/20130801/BRANCH-ZZZ # sync with remote branch # fix conflicts and commit conflict resolution
• git push origin B/20130801/BRANCH-ZZZ # send changes to remote branch

Merge to other branch

• git checkout master # merge destination branch
• git pull origin master # sync dest branch
• git merge --no-ff B/20130801/BRANCH-ZZZ # merge branch B/20130801/BRANCH-ZZZ to branch master
• git pull origin master
• git push origin master

Reapply .gitignore

• cd <projectFolder>

• git rm -r -f --cached .
• git add .
• git status #check files to be commited