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 ====== Git Basics ======
-Git is a complicated tool to use, if you don't use it on a very regular basis.
+[[https://githowto.com/|Git How-to]]
-I prefer using Graphic interfaces that help a lot with git management like in Atom, but here is a recap of basic commands so I remember them when I need.
+===== Stage / Commit / Push =====
-==== Stage / Commit / Push ====
+<code>
+git add the.file
+git commit -m "The message"
+git push
+</code>
+===== Branches =====
+Switch branch (option create)
+<code>
+git switch branch_name
+git switch -c create_branch_name
+</code>
+(''git switch'' needs git 2.23 or later; on older versions use ''git checkout'' and ''git checkout -b''.)
+===== Git and Rust =====
+When you create a new Rust project using Cargo it automatically initializes a local git repository.
+To connect it with a remote repository follow the basic instructions :
+<code>
+cd existing_folder
+git init # Skip if in a Rust project created with cargo, git is already initialized
+git remote add origin <remote_repo_url>
+git add . # required
+git commit -m "Initial commit" # Feel free to change the message
+git push -u origin main # This is what actually pushes (use master if your default branch is still called master)
+</code>
+Git will ask you to authenticate as the owner of the remote repository. GitHub no longer accepts account passwords for git: use a personal access token (entered as the password) or an SSH key (with an SSH remote URL).
+Most modern editors (VS Code, Zed...) detect the git repository automatically when the project root folder is opened directly.
+If you want to set all of your branches to automatically use this remote repo when you use git pull, add --set-upstream to the push:
+<code>
+git push --all --set-upstream origin
+</code>
+===== Branching =====
+To get a branch that exists on the remote repository, fetch the remote data then switch to the branch:
+<code>
+git fetch origin
+git switch <name-of-branch>
+</code>
+''git fetch'' downloads everything from ''origin'' without changing your files. ''git switch'' then creates a local branch with the same name that automatically tracks the remote one.
+===== Resources =====
+[[https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-About-Version-Control|Git book]]