Difference between revisions of "Emacs-VersionControl"

Revision as of 17:05, 27 November 2018

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— Merlin, The Coder

In order to use these commands with a remote repository, it's best to cache your credentials. On the command line, execute:

git config --global credential.helper 'store --file ~/.git-credentials' 
git config --global credential.useHttpPath true

In order to squelch the warning that occurs while pushing, execute:

git config --global push.default matching

Add file to version control : vc-register -- add a new file to version control
- C-x v i (last character is a lower-case I)
Compare current version with repository : vc-diff -- diff with other revisions
- C-x v =
Get latest version (pull) : vc-update -- Get latest changes from version control
- C-x v +
Show log : vc-print-log -- show log
- C-x v l (last character is a lower-case L)
Show status : vc-directory -- show all files which are not up to date
- C-x v d
- While in this buffer, use:
  - p to move to previous entry
  - n to move to next entry
  - m to mark an entry
  - u to unmark an entry
  - x to hide files which are up-to-date or ignored
  - q quit the buffer
Perform the next "logical" action : vc-next-action
- C-x v v
Revert buffer : vc-revert-buffer -- undo checkout
- C-x v u

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   git config --global credential.useHttpPath true
+In order to squelch the warning that occurs while pushing, execute:
+ git config --global push.default matching
 == Useful Commands ==