get-started-github.txt

<configure user email address and user name>:

git config --global user.email "[email address]"
git config --global user.name "[name]"



<configure default initial branch>
git config --global init.defaultBranch main



<configure push default option>
git config --global push.default current



<configure credential helper>:

git config --global credential.credentialStore cache
git config --global credential.cacheOptions "--timeout [seconds]"

<when you have to enter password, enter the personal access token>



<create a new git repo and push to existing remote repo on the command line>:

git init
git add -A
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git remote add origin [repo address]
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main



<clone an existing repository>:

git clone [repo address]
git push -u



<pull forcely to overwrite>:

git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/main
git push -u origin main