Be aware of the wiki in the “Virtual Lab” project (https://vlab.ncep.noaa.gov/redmine/projects/vlab/wiki).  It contains lots of good guidance, including sections devoted to:
* Helping Project Owners
* Repository Management (gerrit, git, and SVN)
* Redmine usage
* and even tips for how to use Eclipse IDE

Some basic repo interactions are listed below.  Note that anything preceded by a “$” represents a variable.

*** Both gerrit and git ***
	local commit: 
		git add $FILE_NAME
		git commit -a (for all) OR
		git commit $FILE_NAME(S)

	squash: 
		git rebase -i $BRANCH_NAME~<# of commits to include>
		ex: git rebase -i My_Branch~5

	change branch:
		git checkout $BRANCH_NAME

        create new branch (based upon current checked out branch):
                git checkout -b $NEW_BRANCH_NAME

	commit message keywords:
		VLab Issue #NNNN; fixes #NNNN


*** gerrit ***
	clone: 
		git clone gerrit:$REPO_NAME

	push to gerrit for review: 
		git push gerrit:$REPO_NAME HEAD:refs/for/$BRANCH_NAME
		(alt): git push $DEFINED_REMOTE

*** git ***
	clone: 
		git clone https://$USER_NAME@vlab.ncep.noaa.gov/git/$REPO_NAME $LOCAL_DIRECTORY

        push from local master branch to VLab's master branch:
                git push origin master

        push from local branch to VLab's remote branch:
                git push origin $LOCAL_BRANCH_NAME:$VLAB_REMOTE_BRANCH_NAME

*** svn ***
	checkout:
		svn co https://vlab.ncep.noaa.gov/svn/$REPO_NAME --username $USER_NAME

	commit:
		svn commit $FILE_PATH

	commit message keywords:
		(all followed by #NNNN)
		refs, references, fixes, closes