💡 Useful Git Commands you need to know 💡

1. git init -> Initializes git in any folder/repository (Needs only if you are not cloning a repository)

2. git clone https://github.com/<your-user-name>/<repo-name> -> Clones the repository in your local system.

3. git status -> Shows the current status of the repository.

4. git add <file-name> -> Adds specific file to staging area

5. git diff / git whatchanged -> Gives the recent changes in the repository

6. git add . -> Adds all changed files to staging area

7. git commit -m "<your-message>" -> Gives a message to your current files and takes their snapshot to commit history

8. git log -> Shows the commit history

9. git revert <commit-token> -> Discards the specific commit (Deletes the committed files but keeps a trace in history)

10. git reset --soft HEAD~<no-of-commits-to-revert> -> Undo's the commit and brings the changes back in the staging area

11. git restore --staged <file> -> Brings back the specific file in the changes made section which is added to the staging area.

12. git remote -v -> Shows all the remote connection

13. git remote add origin https://github.com/<your-user-name>/<repo-name> -> adds your forked branch as the origin (No need to do if the repo is cloned)

14. git remote add upstream https://github.com/<parent-user-name>/<repo-name> -> Adds parent repository as upstream.

15. git pull origin -> fetches the changes made in origin to your local system

16. git pull upstream -> fetches the changes made in origin to your local system

17. git branch <branch-name> -> Creates a branch with branch-name

18. git checkout <branch-name> -> This now allows you to make changes in the specified branch

19. git checkout -b <branch-name> -> This is combination of git branch <branch-name> and git checkout <branch-name>

20. git merge <branch-name> -> merges its children branch-name into its parent branch.

21. git branch -d <branch-name> -> Deletes the specified branch. And if the changes in the branch-name are not merged in the parent branch then the changes are deleted.

22. git push origin <branch-name> -> Pushes the recent commits to the new branch

Comments

[roman]

@kaiwalyakoparkar , thank you for your post.
I did not find also few commands but found the source :)

For everyone who want to find more information please use the link:
business-science.github.io/shiny-p...

[Raymond Price]

My current project at work requires a lot of little changes to build locally, changes which I can't push up to master.

My workaround is to create a branch with one commit containing those changes, git cherry-pick it into my current working environment, then git rebase -i to remove it from the changes I'm going to push.

[Kaiwalya Koparkar]

Thanks for that information. I will do quick research on that commands and will sooner add them....😀

[Martin Jablečník]

I am missing here: git rebase and git reflog..

[Kaiwalya Koparkar]

Thanks for the reply. I will add it soon!

[Sam Clark]

<3 this

[Neon Tuts]

It helped me a lot Thank You 🙏

[Kaiwalya Koparkar]

Glad to hear that!

[Gash]

I think one git stash and git stash pop are also one of the most important commands.

[Kaiwalya Koparkar]

Yup, they are indeed but they are used occasionally when you have to save the changes temporarily somewhere else. This blog was aimed to provide a cheat sheet to the beginners and intermidiates. I am planning to write about these commands in the next blog. so stay tuned :)