20 Super Useful Git Commands

1.git config

Configures user information used across all local repositories.

• git config –global user.name “username”

• git config –global user.email “email”

NOTE: There shouldn’t be any space between “user.” and “name”. Similarly no space between “user.” and “email”.

2.git init

Initialises an existing directory as Git repository.

• git init

3.git clone

Retrieves an entire repository from a hosted location via a valid Git URL.

• git clone [url]

• git clone –branch name [url]

4.git add

Add a file to staging area

• git add [file]

5.git rm

Deletes the file from project and stages the removal for commit.

• git rm [file]

6.git mv

Changes an existing file path and stages the move.

• git mv [existing-path] [new-path]

7.git commit

Commits the staged contents as a new commit snapshot.

• git commit -m “commit message”

8.git branch

List, Create or, Delete Branches

List branches

• git branch

Create a new Branch at the current commit

• git branch [branch-name]

Delete a Branch

• git branch -d [branch-name]

9.git status

Shows the paths of modified files in working directory.

• git status

10.git diff

Show changes between commits.

To see diff of what is changed, but not staged

• git diff

To see diff of what is staged, but not committed

• git diff –staged

To see diff between 2 branches

• git diff BranchA…BranchB

11.git log

Shows the commit history for the currently active branch

• git log

Shows the commits on branchA that are not on branchB

• git log branchB..branchA

12.git checkout

Switch branches.

Switch to another branch and, check it out into your working directory

• git checkout [branch-name]

Switch to another branch (create if does not exist)

• git checkout -b [branch-name]

13.git merge

Join 2 or, more development histories together.

• git merge [branch]

14.git fetch

Fetch branches and/or tags from one or more other repositories.

• git fetch [alias]

NOTE: You can use git fetch to know the changes done in the remote repo/branch since your last pull.

15.git pull

Fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch.

• git pull

16.git push

Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch.

• git push [alias]

17.git rebase

Applies any commits of current branch ahead of specified one.

• git rebase [branch-name]

18.git revert

Reverts some existing commits.

• git revert commit

19.git reset

Resets current HEAD to the specified state.

Unstages a file while retaining the changes in working directory

• git reset [file]

Clears staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit

• git reset –hard [commit]

20.git stash

Temporarily stores modified, tracked files in order to change branches

Save modified and staged changes

• git stash

List StackOrder of stashed file changes

• git stash list

Write working from top

• git stash pop

Discard the changes from top

• git stash drop

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