Always have to search Stackoverflow for these git tips, so thought I would bang them into one place.
How to merge either all local or all remote changes
Single File
git checkout --ours filename.c
git checkout --theirs filename.c
git add filename.c
git commit -m "using theirs"
Or for all files
git checkout --ours .
git checkout --theirs .
git add .
git commit -m "using theirs"
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/161813/fix-merge-conflicts-in-git
How to delete a remote branch
git push --delete origin <branch>
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2003505/delete-a-git-branch-both-locally-and-remotely
How to create a branch off a branch
git checkout -b featureBranch existingBranch
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4470523/git-create-a-branch-from-another-branch
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