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Absolute Beginners Guide to Git and LabVIEW Cheat Sheet by

For LabVIEW programmers who are complete beginners at Git.

First Time Setup

Name
 
git config --global user.name “<n­ame­>”
Email
 
git config --global user.email “<e­mai­l>”

Setup your first repository

1. Create a folder
 
mkdir <my­cod­e> && cd <my­cod­e>
2. Initialize
 
git init -b main
3. Add files to track
 
vi readme.md
4. Track files
 
git add .
5. Initial Commit
 
git commit -am"­Initial Commit­"

Create a Bare Repository (to use as a remote)

1. 
mkdir <my­rep­o.g­it> && cd <my­rep­o.g­it>
2. 
git init --bare

Clone An Existing Repository

git clone <ur­l_o­r_f­ile­_pa­th>

Getting Around

I need help.
 
git help
What is going on in my repo?
 
git status
What happened in the past?
 
git log
Can I see a history graph?
 
git log --oneline --graph
What changed?
 
git diff
How to configure things?
 
git config
How to manage branches?
 
git branch
How to manage remotes?
 
git remote

Resources

  

Creating a Commit

1. Add all changes
 
git add .
2. Make a commit
 
git commit -am"­Commit Messag­e"

Seeing What Changed

List changed files
 
git diff --name­-only
Open LVCompare
 
git difftool
What changed in a commit?
 
git show <co­mmi­t>
Which commits changed a file?
 
git log -- <fi­le>

Undoing Changes

Throw away all
 
git restore .
Throw away one file
 
git restore <fi­le>
Undo 
add file
 
git restore --staged <fi­le>
Go back to commit
 
git reset --hard <co­mmi­t>
Reset file to commit
 
git checkout <co­mmi­t> -- <fi­le>
Undo published commit
 
git revert <co­mmi­t>

Branches

New branch
 
git switch -C <ne­w_b­ran­ch>
Change branch
 
git switch <ot­her­_br­anc­h>
Combine changes
 
git merge <ot­her­_br­anc­h>

Syncing With Remotes

Push changes up
 
git push
Pull changes down
 
git pull
Push a new branch
 
git push -u origin <my­bra­nch>

LabVIEW Specific Tips

Ignore *.aliases and *.lvlps files using .gitignore
Separate Compiled Code.
Merge conflicts are painful. Avoid changing the same file in parallel.
*.lvclass, *.lvlib and *.lvproj can contain binary data.
Close your lvproj before switching branches or reverting changes.
Consider mulitple lvproj to avoid confilcts.
   
 

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  • Published: 7th November, 2025

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