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Shubham Yadav
Shubham Yadav

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Useful Git Commands.πŸ’»

Git is an example of a distributed version control system commonly used for open source and commercial software development.

Let's go :
initalize git in files/directories.

git init
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1.Clone the repository in your local system.

git clone https://github.com/<your-user-name>/<repo-name>
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2.Connect to remote

git remote add origin <url>
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3.To check the current status of the repository.

git status
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4.To add specific file to the staging area.

git add <file-name>
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5.To add all changed file to staging area.

git add .
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6.To unstage a certain file

git restore --stagged <filename>
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7.To see recent changes in the repository.

git diff
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8.To give a message and commit.

git commit -m "your-message"
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9.To see the commit history.

git log
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10.To see last specific commits (eg. Last 3 commits).

git log -3
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11.To discard the specific commit.

git revert <commit-token>
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12.To undo the commit and bring back changes to staging area.

git reset --soft HEAD <no._of_commit_to_revert>
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13.To show remote URLs

git remote -v
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14.To fetch the changes from origin to your local system.

git pull origin
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15.To create a branch named branch-name.

git branch <branch-name> 
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16.To make changes in the specific branch.

git checkout <branch-name>
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17.To merge sub branch to main branch.

git merge <branch-name>
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18.To delete a specific branch.

git branch -d <branch-name> 
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19.To push the recent commits.

git push origin <branch-name>
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20.Connect to remote

git remote add origin <url>
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21.To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream

git push --set-upstream origin master
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22.To rename branch name.

git branch -m <branch-name>
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23.change url for git remote repo

git remote set-url origin
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Bobby Iliev

Great list!

For anyone who is just getting started, I could also suggest this free opensource eBook here on how to get started with git and github:

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