The purpose of this repository is to give a good understanding of git using command line from basic to advance level concepts
Most Frequently Used Git Commands Usage:git config –global user.name “[name]”
Usage:git config –global user.email “[email address]”
This command sets the author name and email address respectively to be used with your commits.
Usage:git init [repository name]
This command is used to start a new repository.
Usage:git clone [url]
This command is used to obtain a repository from an existing URL.
Usage:git status
This command lists all the files to be committed.
Usage:git add [file]
This command adds a file to the staging area.
Usage:git add *
This command adds one or more files to the staging area.
Usage:git commit -m “[commit message]”
This command records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.
Usage: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.
Usage:git reset [file]
This command unstages the file, but preserves the file contents.
Usage:git reset [commit]
This command undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves the changes locally.
Usage:git reset –hard [commit]
This command discards all history and goes back to the specified commit.
Usage:git rm [file]
This command deletes the file from your working directory and stages the deleted file.
Usage:git diff
This command shows the file differences which are not yet staged.
Usage:git diff –staged
This command shows the differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.
Usage:git diff [first branch] [second branch]
This command shows the differences between the two branches.
Usage:git branch
This command lists all the local branches in the current repository.
Usage:git branch [branch name]
This command creates a new branch.
Usage:git branch -d [branch name]
This command deletes the branch.
Usage:git checkout [branch name]
This command is used to switch from one branch to another.
Usage:git checkout -b [branch name]
This command creates and switches to a new branch.
Usage:git merge [branch name]
This command merges the specified branch’s history into the current branch.
Usage:git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]
This command is used to connect your local repository to the remote server.
Usage:git push [variable name] [branch name]
This command sends the committed changes of your branch to your remote repository.
Usage:git push [variable name] [branch]
This command sends the branch commits to your remote repository.
Usage:git push –all [variable name]
This command pushes all branches to your remote repository.
Usage:git push [variable name] :[branch name]
This command deletes a branch on your remote repository.
Usage:git pull [Repository Link]
This command fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory.
Usage:git stash save
This command temporarily stores all the modified tracked files.
Usage:git stash pop
This command restores the most recently stashed files.
Usage:git stash apply
This command restores and merge the most recently stashed files
Usage:git stash list
This command lists all stashed changes.
Usage:git stash drop
This command discards the most recently stashed changes.
Usage:git log
This command lists the version history for the current branch.
Usage:git log –follow[file]
This command lists version history for a file, including the renaming files.
Usage:git show [commit]
This command shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit.
Usage:git tag [commitID]
This command is used to add tags to the specified commit.