Git Command Reference

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This note is from Corey Schafer’s Youtube Git Tutorial. A viewer posted the note under the video and I copied it as a starting point for this post. I will add more contents to this post over time.

On initial install:

git --version
checks the version of the installed locally git
git config --global user.name “Your Name”
sets up the name of the user
git config --global user.email “user@email.com”
sets email
git config --list
lists configurations

For help on commands:

git <verb> --help
help info
git help <verb> (e.g. git help config)
alternative help command

For initializing the project:

git init
initializes the git repo in the current folder
touch .gitignore
creates a git ignore file
git status
check working tree - both on the git and on local

Add and remove from staging area:

git add -A
adds all files to staging area
git reset <file>
removes file in staging area

Make a commit:

git commit -m “commit message”
-m is for message

Check log:

git log
renders commit ids, authors, dates

Clone a remote repo:

git clone <url> <dir>
clone a repo from url to dir

View info about the repo:

git remote -v
lists info about the repo
git branch -a
lists all branches

View changes:

git diff
shows the difference

Pull and push:

git pull origin master
pull before push
git push origin master
origin is remote repo, master is the branch

First time to push a branch:

git push -u origin <branch name>
-u has special meaning
git branch <branch name>
create a branch:
git checkout <branch name>
checkout a branch
git checkout master
switch to master

Merge a branch:

git pull origin master
pull from origin
git branch --merged
see which branches are merged
git merge <name of the branch to merge>
merge a branch onto current one
git push origin master
push to upstream

Delete a branch:

git branch -d <name of the branch>
this deletes branch locally
git branch -a
check repo branches
git push origin --delete <name of the branch>
this deletes branch from remote repo