Git commands one should know!

Viewing branches :

git branch --list

Creating a branch :

git branch [branch name]

Switching from one branch to another :

git checkout [branch name]

Deleting a branch :

git branch -d branch_name

Git config :

• It sets the developer name and email address with pushed commits on github.

git config --global user.name “[name]”

git config --global user.email “[email address]”

Git status :

• Git status gives information about the branch & files

git status

To check push/fetch origin URL :

git remote -v

git init :

• Git init helps to start a new repository

git init [repository name]

Git pull :

• To gets the updates from remote repository and immediately applies the latest changes in your local.

git pull origin main/master

Git clone :

• Git clone helps us to download repository via URL from github.

git clone [url]

Git add :

• Git add helps us to adds a file with filename or totalfile to the staging area.

git add [filename]

git add .

To undo the changes :

• We need to specify the hash code ( eg. 3321844 ) next to our commit that we would like to undo

git revert hash_code

To rename a git file :

git mv old_file_name new_file_name

Temporarily stores your modified files :

git stash

View all of your stashes :

git stash list

Apply a stash to a branch :

git stash apply

To see all the previous commits :

• Most recent will appear first

git log

To see commits of other group authors. :

git shortlog

To see details about a specific commit :

git show your_commit_hash_code

To delete tracked file from the current directory :

git rm file_name

To merge a specific branch feature to your directory :

git merge branch_name

To integrates two branches into a single branch :

git rebase base_name

To find a good/bad commit :

• Initiate git bisect

git bisect start

To know about a good commit :

git bisect good a123

To know about a bad commit :

git bisect bad z123

To apply a commit from any branch and apply it to any other branch :

git cherry-pick commmit_hash_code

To compare two Git files :

• To compare working directory with the local repo

git diff HEAD file_name

To compare two branches :

git diff source_branch target_branch

To compact all commits in one commit :

$ git rebase -i HEAD~3

pick 3123cb90
squash 8560f5fb
squash 70644096

There are many commands in Git :

• To compare working directory with the local repo

git help