diff --git a/remote-commands.md b/remote-commands.md index 3a04242..7f97aad 100644 --- a/remote-commands.md +++ b/remote-commands.md @@ -1,16 +1,12 @@ ## Commands for Remotes - -> TODO Write your answers and then remove **all** the TODO comments - ``` - 1. List all your remote repositories and show their URLs: ``` - Todo write the git command for this + git remote -v ``` 2. View details about a remote repo named `origin`, including all the remote branches and local tracking branches for `origin`: ``` - Todo write the git command for this + git remote show origin ``` 3. (Pushing a new branch) You commit some files to the `dev-foo` branch and try to "push" them to Github, but it fails as shown here: @@ -21,21 +17,23 @@ fatal: The current branch dev-foo has no upstream branch. ``` Explain this error. - > TODO Since you are writing an explanation (not shell commands), write your answer in lines beginning with `>` like this one. The text will be formatted and may include Markdown. + > This error occurs because the local branch `dev-foo` does not have an associated remote tracking branch. We can fix this by using the command `git push -u origin dev-foo` to establish a tracking relationship. 4. The command to push `dev-foo` to `origin` as a **new remote branch** on `origin` is: - + ``` + git push origin dev-foo + ``` 5. (Create a local tracking branch for a remote branch) The remote repository (`origin`) has a branch named `e2e-test` that you don't have in your local repository. The command to create a new local branch as a copy of the remote `e2e-test` branch that **tracks** the remote branch is: ``` - Todo There are many commands that will do this. You may write one or more than one. + git checkout -b e2e-test origin/e2e-test ``` 6. The command to change the URL of the remote "origin" to a new URL, such as `https://hostname/newuser/new-repo-name`, is: ``` - TODO your answer + git remote set-url origin https://hostname/newuser/new-repo-name ``` This situation occurs when: - you change the name of a repo on Github @@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ 8. To create a *second* remote repository for your local repo, the command to add a remote named "bitbucket" with the URL "https://bitbucket.org/your-username/git-commands" is: ``` - todo your answer + git remote add bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/your-username/git-commands ``` - Note: you must **create** an empty repo on Bitbucket. This command just adds it as a remote, it won't create the remote repo.