PowerShell-PowerShell/docs/git-sd.md

Quick git-primer for sd users

There few important conceptual differences with sd. This list tries to bridge the gap

• When you do git commit changes are stored in your local clone of the repo. To Submit them, you need to do git push.
• Forks are just a way to store branches. You can push branch to the original repo (if you have permissions) or to the fork. There is no principal difference.
• Most of the git complications come from the fact that you need to do integrations by yourself.

The Microsoft Open Source Hub article for other details.

Rosetta stone

Concepts

Concept	SD termin	Git termin
Your local copy	enlistment	cloned repo
Code changes	changelist	commit
Way to preserve changes locally	dpk	local branch

Commands

Before running a git command for the first time, try

git help <command name>

To read about flags and the overall meaning.

Scenarios	SD command	Git commmand
Get the code at the first place	sd enlist	git clone
Sync changes	sd sync	git pull
Add new files	sd add	git add
Modify existing files	sd edit	git add
Remove existing files	sd delete	git rm
Copy/Rename files	sd branch	git mv
Commit to local		git commit
Submit changes	sd submit	git push
Revert changes	sd revert	git checkout
Undo submitted changes	sd undo	git revert
Diff tool	odd	git diff
Clean enlistment	build nuke	git clean