http://gitref.org/

http://github.com/

http://nathanhoad.net/deploy-from-a-git-tag-with-capistrano

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1783405/git-checkout-remote-branch

$ git fetch origin
$ git checkout -b test origin/test

$ vim .gitconfig

[user]
  name = XXX
  email = xx@yy.zz
[format]
  pretty = oneline
[color]
  ui = true
[alias]
  s = status --short
[core]
  editor = vim                    

Commit:

git add FILE
git commit -m 'DESCRIPTION'

Tag:

git tag TAGNAME commit-hash

Create New Branch:

git branch XXX

Switch Branch:

git checkout XXX

Delete uncommitted changes:

git reset --hard

DO NOT EDIT ON SERVER

1 - Create repo on server, tweak settings

$ ssh server
$ cd X
$ git init .
$ git config receive.denyCurrentBranch ignore
$ vim .git/hooks/post-receive

#!/bin/sh

# Update the working tree after changes have been pushed here
cd ..
env -i git reset --hard

$ chmod +x .git/hooks/post-receive

2 - Create remote on server

$ git remote add live ssh://user@example.com/home/example/public_html

3 - Push to server

$ git push live origin

Sources:

• http://philsturgeon.co.uk/news/2010/02/Deploying-websites-with-Git
• http://www.nujk.com/git-push-error-39-remote-rejected-master-gt-master-branch-is-currently-checked-out-39

For adding remotes, etc – Don't forget to point out the protocol, i.e.

ssh://git@li345-114.members.linode.com/var/git/XXX

NB: git pull does git fetch, then git merge

• http://rogerdudler.github.com/git-guide/