create new repo with first commit and push

assuming you have code in a directory called hayate

• cd into hayate directory cd /path/to/hayate
• git init
• git remote add origin git@hostname.com:hayate.git
• then git add .
• git commit -a -m 'added hayate repo'
• then for the first push: git push origin master:refs/heads/master which creates the master branch

tagging

git tag v1.0 -m 'my first tag'
git push --tags
git tag -l

clone into current directory

• git clone git@hostname.com:hayate.git . <- note the dot (hayate directory will not be created)

change working branch

• git branch -l lists local branches
• git checkout <branch-name> switches working branch to "branch-name"

remove an added file or directory (before it is committed)

• git reset <file-or-directory-name>

add submodule (an external repository) within local source tree

• git submodule add <repo-url> <local-path>
  i.e. git submodule add git@hostname.com:hayate.git hayate

checkout a submodule

• git submodule update --init

create a new remote branch tracking it locally

• git checkout -b <branch_name>
• git push -u origin <branch_name>
• git checkout <branch_name> to switch to the new branch

start tracking a remote branch

• git checkout --track -b <local name> origin/<remote name>

delete a remote branch

• git push origin --delete <branch_name>

delete local branch

• git branch -D <branch_name>

revert a merge

• git revert -m 1 merge_hash

to suppress the following warning

warning: You did not specify any refspecs to push, and the current remote
warning: has not configured any push refspecs. The default action in this
warning: case is to push all matching refspecs, that is, all branches
warning: that exist both locally and remotely will be updated.  This may
warning: not necessarily be what you want to happen.
warning:
warning: You can specify what action you want to take in this case, and
warning: avoid seeing this message again, by configuring 'push.default' to:
warning:   'nothing'  : Do not push anything
warning:   'matching' : Push all matching branches (default)
warning:   'tracking' : Push the current branch to whatever it is tracking
warning:   'current'  : Push the current branch

• git config [--global] push.default current (--global is optional)