I've found useful to have a step by step reference guide to work with Git with most used commands, feel free to update it with useful information you may find interesting too. If you don't have Yii yet
 
 
Getting Yii from Github
 
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```php```


 
sWorking with your project
 
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### Start your project 
 
(being at root folder)```

i### Initialize gitm### Make git add empty directories to the repository(source [https://gist.github.com/18780](https://gist.github.com/18780 "git script") )

### Adding third-party extensions
 
Adding a yii extension repository inside your repo at a specific path (e.g. we will add https://git.gitorious.org/lightopenid/lightopenid.git in 'protected/extensions/lightopenid')```

To remove a submodule:
 
 
```php 
git rm --cached protected/extensions/lightopenid
 
```
 
 
### Ignoring files
Edit .gitignore file in root folder and add dirs/files you don't want to be in git repo
Use ! to negate the pattern:```

Make your first commit
 
 
 
 
```php 
git commit -a "Initial ver### Adding your own forked repo from github as an extension" ```
 
 
Now you are ready to go!
 
 
#Keep in mind some database design best practices
 
[http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/227/guidelines-for-good-schema-design](http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/227/guidelines-for-good-schema-design "Guidelines for good schema design")
 
 
#Use migration for tracking database changes
 
[http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.migration](http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.migration "")
 
 
If you want to add your forked repo from github ( i.e.: git@github.com:marcanuy/Comments-module.git ) from another repo (i.e.: git://github.com/segoddnja/Comments-module.git)  to the extensions directory, then:
 
 
 
```php 
git submodule add git@github.com:marcanuy/Comments-module.git protected/Comments-module
 
cd protected/extensions/Comments-module
 
git remote add upstream git://github.com/segoddnja/Comments-module.git  
```php 
$yii/framework/yiic migrate create myNewTable
 
```
 
 
Update database with new migrations after updating your repo
 
 
 
```php 
$yii/framework/yiic migra
 
Then every time you wish to get latest updates from the original repo you should do:
 
 
```php 
cd protected/extensions/Comments-module
 
git pull upstream master ``` #Don't forget to secure your app
 
[http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/275/how-to-write-secure-yii-applications/](http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/275/how-to-write-secure-yii-applications/ "Secure your app")
 
## Make your first commit
 
 
 
 
```php 
git commit -a "Initial version"
 
```
 
 
Now you are ready to go!