My git recipes

1. To download the repository to your local host

$ git clone https://github.com/rtomaszewski/#repo.git#


Or you can upload a public SSH key to your github account as described here https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys and then clone using SSH method.



$ git clone git@github.com:rtomaszewski/#repo.git#



2. To commit and upload the source back to repository

$ cd #repo#
$ git add new-file.py
$ git commit new-file.py -m 'init'
$ git push origin master



3. To update your local repository with the master

$ cd #repo#
$ git pull
$ git pull origin master



4. List config settings

$ cd #repo#
$ git config -l 



5. Rename a file

$ cd #repo#
$ git mv README README.md
$ git commit -m "renamed"
$ git push origin master

References

1. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5989893/github-how-to-checkout-my-own-repository
2. http://superuser.com/questions/199507/how-do-i-ensure-git-doesnt-ask-me-for-my-github-username-and-password
3. https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#password-caching