Basic git commands you will ever need

Vignesh S — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 18:07:58 +0000

To initialize a git repo

To init a git project

cd <path to root folder of project>
git init

To check the status of files for changes

git status

To add all changed files

git add -A

To add all changes in current directory

git add .

To add specific files

git add <file path>

To add multiple files

git add <file1 path> <file2 path>

To make a commit with a commit messae

git commit -m "commit message"

Adding a remote URL

git remote add origin <repo URL>

To add multiple remote URL

git remote add <any key for remote URL> <repo URL>

To push code to remote repo

git push

To pull code from remote repo

git pull

To create a new branch using current branch as base

git checkout -b <new branch name>

To checkout to existing branch

git checkout <branch name>

To push the new branch to remote repo

git push -u <remote key> <branch name>

To merge a branch’s code to current branch

git checkout <current branch>
git merge <other branch>

To stash a code without commit

git stash

To pull a stashed code

git stash pop