git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com
git config --global core.editor vim
git config --list

mkdir ~/git/project
cd ~/git/project
git init --bare

ssh-keygen -t rsa
ssh-copy-id -p22 user@123.45.56.78

git config --global user.name "Local User"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com
git config --global core.editor vim
git config --list

cd ~/project
git init
vim my_file.txt
git add .
git commit
git remote add MyProject ssh://user@server.com/~/git/MyProject
git push -u MyProject master 
git status

git config --global color.ui auto

cd ~/
git clone ssh://user@myserver.com/~/git/project

git log --oneline

You don't need the –oneline flag, this just shortens the response so it's easier to read. View the following link for further examples and explanations:

You can also add the following to yout git config file: vim ~/.gitconfig

[log]
   date = relative
[format]
   pretty = format:%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% G? %C(auto,cyan)%>(15,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(16,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D
#if you need branch info, try adding %C(yellow)%d%Creset :
pretty = format:%C(auto,yellow)%h%C(auto,magenta)% G? %C(auto,cyan)%>(15,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(16,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D %C(yellow)%d%Creset

apt-get install git git-core

Example for starting a local repo based on what you have from github:

git clone https://github.com/sampson-chen/sack.git
cd emerald
ls -l
./configure --options
make
sudo make install

git status

Example for syncing your local repo to more recent changes on github:

git pull

To pull a specific branch:

git clone -b colors https://g.blicky.net/ncdu.git

If you're building directly from the git repository, make sure you have perl (or rather, pod2man), pkg-config and GNU autoconf/automake installed, then run 'autoreconf -i', and you're ready to continue with the usual ./configure and make route.

sudo apt-get install autoconf automake
autoreconf -i