Git commands

This repository is intended for all those who are new to Git and who want to know the basics

The main goal :

• Facilitate the handling of the Git tool
• Have a command base for documentation

📝 Notice

The [ ] show the type of content to add

↪️ Shortcuts

• Git commands
  • 📝 Notice
  • 🆕 Git init
  • ↔️ Git clone
  • ➕ Git add
  • 💬 Git commit
  • 🔃 Git diff
  • 🔄 Git reset
  • ✅ Git status
  • ❌ Git rm
  • 📄 Git log
  • 👁️ Git show
  • 🔖 Git tag
  • 🔱 Git branch
  • 🌵 Git checkout
  • 🔀 Git merge
  • 🗄️ Git remote
  • ⬆️ Git push
  • ⬇️ Git pull
  • 💾 Git stash

🆕 Git init

Command	Description
git init [repository name]	Start a new repository.

↔️ Git clone

Command	Description
git clone [url]	Obtain a repository from an existing URL.

➕ Git add

Command	Description
git add [file]	Adds a file to the staging area.
git add*	Adds one or more file to the staging area.

💬 Git commit

Command	Description
git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”	Records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.
git commit -a	Commits any files you’ve added with the git add command and also commits any files you’ve changed since then.

🔃 Git diff

Command	Description
git diff	Shows the file differences which are not yet staged.
git diff --staged	Shows the differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.
git diff [first branch] [second branch]	Shows the differences between the two branches mentioned.

🔄 Git reset

Command	Description
git reset [file]	Unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.
git reset [commit]	Undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves the changes locally.
git reset --hard [commit]	Discards all history and goes back to the specified commit.

✅ Git status

Command	Description
git status	Lists all the files that have to be committed.

❌ Git rm

Command	Description
git rm [file]	Deletes the file from your working directory and stages the deletion.

📄 Git log

Command	Description
git log	List the version history for the current branch.
git log --follow [file]	Lists version history for a file, including the renaming of files also.

👁️ Git show

Command	Description
git show [commit]	Shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit.

🔖 Git tag

Command	Description
git tag [commitID]	Give tags to the specified commit.

🔱 Git branch

Command	Description
git branch	Lists all the local branches in the current repository.
git branch [branch name]	Creates a new branch.
git branch -d [branch name]	Deletes the feature branch.

🌵 Git checkout

Command	Description
git checkout [branch name]	Switch from one branch to another.
git checkout -b [branch name]	Creates a new branch and also switches to it.

🔀 Git merge

Command	Description
git merge [branch name]	Merges the specified branch’s history into the current branch.

🗄️ Git remote

Command	Description
git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]	Connect your local repository to the remote server.

⬆️ Git push

Command	Description
git push [variable name] master	Sends the committed changes of master branch to your remote repository.
git push [variable name] [branch]	Sends the branch commits to your remote repository.
git push –all [variable name]	Pushes all branches to your remote repository.
git push [variable name] :[branch name]	Deletes a branch on your remote repository.

⬇️ Git pull

Command	Description
git pull [Repository Link]	Fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory.

💾 Git stash

Command	Description
git stash save	Temporarily stores all the modified tracked files.
git stash pop	Restores the most recently stashed files.
git stash list	Lists all stashed changesets.
git stash drop	Discards the most recently stashed changeset.