Git commands

• git config

  • This command sets the author name and email address respectively to be used with your commits.

      git config –global user.name “[name]”
  
      git config –global user.email “[email address]” 
  

• git init

  • This command is used to start a new repository.

   git init [repository name] 

• git clone

  • This command is used to obtain a repository from an existing URL. git clone [url]

• git add

git add [file]

• This command adds a file to the staging area.

git add *

• This command adds one or more to the staging area.

• git commit

git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”

• This command records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.

git commit -a

• This command commits any files you’ve added with the git add command and also commits any files you’ve changed since then.

• git diff

git diff

• This command shows the file differences which are not yet staged.

git diff –staged

• This command shows the differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.

git diff [first branch] [second branch]

• This command shows the differences between the two branches mentioned.

• git reset

git reset [file]

• This command unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.

git reset [commit]

• This command undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves the changes locally.

git reset –hard [commit]

• This command discards all history and goes back to the specified commit.

• git status

git status

• This command lists all the files that have to be committed.

• git rm

git rm [file]

• This command deletes the file from your working directory and stages the deletion.

• git log

git log

• This command is used to list the version history for the current branch.

git log –follow[file]

• This command lists version history for a file, including the renaming of files also.

git log -n2

• This command lists last two logs.

git log --pretty=online

• This command shows logs in a single line.

*git show

git show [commit]

• This command shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit.

• git tag

git tag [commit ID]

• This command is used to give tags to the specified commit.

• git branch

git branch

• This command lists all the local branches in the current repository.

git branch [branch name]

• This command creates a new branch.

git branch -d [branch name]

• This command deletes the feature branch.

• git checkout

git checkout [branch name]

• This command is used to switch from one branch to another.

git checkout -b [branch name]

• This command creates a new branch and also switches to it.

• git merge

git merge [branch name]

• This command merges the specified branch’s history into the current branch.

• git remote

git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]

• This command is used to connect your local repository to the remote server.

• git push

git push [variable name] master

• This command sends the committed changes of master branch to your remote repository.

git push [variable name] [branch]

• This command sends the branch commits to your remote repository.

git push –all [variable name]

• This command pushes all branches to your remote repository.

git push [variable name] :[branch name]

• This command deletes a branch on your remote repository.

• git pull

git pull [Repository Link]

• This command fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory.

• git stash

git stash save

• This command temporarily stores all the modified tracked files.

git stash pop

• This command restores the most recently stashed files.Usage: git stash list

git stash list

• This command lists all stashed changesets.

git stash drop

• This command discards the most recently stashed changeset.