work with joomla git using terminal
For the very first time if you didn't configured remote repository then do it using this command.
git remote add upstream git@github.com:joomla/joomla-cms.git
Fetch changes from remote repository.
git fetch upstream
Configure local working branch:
git branch <new_local_branch_name> upstream/master
git checkout <new_local_branch_name>
or
git merge upstream/master
To Commit local branch
git commit -a -m "Your commit message"
Push you local branch on your Github Repository.
git push origin <new_local_branch_name>
If you want to push your local branch into new remote branch then
git push origin <new_local_branch_name>:<remote_branch_name>
git checkout -- .
git reset --hard
Download the patch to your working directory. Apply the patch with the following command:
git apply -v [patchname.patch]
To avoid accidentally including the patch file in future commits, remove it:
rm [patchname.patch]
*.orig
files rm `find -name '*.orig' | xargs`