Github Commands & Troubleshooting

Initializing a Repository

Open a Git Bash and cd to the folder that needs to be initialized. As an example to initialize a Floworks laptop, cd to C:\Floworks and run the following commands:

git init

git remote add origin git@github.com:Flogistix/Floworks.git

git pull origin master

Removing a Repository

git remote rm origin

Common Github Errors & Fixes

Error:

error: bad signature

fatal: index file corrupt

NOTE: Also use this if "index.lock" file exists

Fix:

rm -f .git/index

git read-tree --reset HEAD

git pull origin master

Other Useful Commands

git gc --prune #remove dangling commits, etc

git reset #will reset to head

git pull (or push) --force #force git to pull/push

git status

git fsck

git fetch origin master

git reset fetch_head

git reset --hard head

git pull origin master