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Git Installer for Windows
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Git-Gui Shawn Pearce et al

After installing git
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git config --global user.name 'some user name'
git config --global user.email 'useremail@associatedWithGithublogin.com'
git config --global color.ui 'auto'

Download entire remote project:
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change to directory parent of where project is to lie
git clone https://github.com/cobinrox/archie


Create new repo
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create new remote repo on github, but disclude readme.md
create new local repo on local box
git init

Commit new files/dirs:
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git add --all
git commit -am "add more files"
git push

Commit all modified files:
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git commit -am "add n modified"
git push

Download new files:
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git pull


Check status wrt remote repo:
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git fetch [origin]
git status
-- or --
git remote update
git status

Undo local changes to a file
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get checkout theFile
(checks out the file from local repo)

Zip project files, exclusing .git directory
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git archive --format zip --output filename.zip master