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Useful Git (and GitHub) stuff

Create a new GitHub repository and clone it locally

This will create the directory myproject and clone the repository into it.

gh repo create mfridman/myproject --add-readme --license mit --clone --private

Squashing

Squash all the commits between your current HEAD and origin/main into a single new commit.

git reset --soft origin/main && git commit -m "squash all"

Switching default branch

https://www.git-tower.com/learn/git/faq/git-rename-master-to-main

git branch -m master main
git push -u origin main
## May need to switch default branch in the UI, or use the gh CLI
gh repo edit owner/repo --default-branch main

git push origin --delete master

Updating fork

How to update a fork to have the same branches/tags as upstream repository?

# Set up the upstream remote for your forked repository:
git remote add upstream https://github.com/owner/repo
# Verify the remote with:
git remote -v

# Fetch latest tags from the upstream repository:
git fetch --tags upstream

# Push all tags from local repository to the forked repository:
Run git push --tags origin