Git Commands for beginners!

Configure Git

# list all the configured values
git config --list 

# Set username & email for git globally
git config --global user.name "Progressive Programmer"
git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"

# Set committer name & email for git
git config --global committer.name "Programmer"
git config --global committer.email "[e-mail]"

Create a new Repository

# Create a new folder and initialize git repo
git init name  

# Clone a remote repo in your local system
git clone url_of_repo 

Add files/folders to Staging Area

# Adds mentioned file/folder to the staging area
git add hello.py 

# Adds all the files and folders in the current directory 
git add . 

# Opens the file and let you choose 
the portion to be added for next commit  
git add -p hello.py

Commit Changes

# Commit a snapshot of staged changes
git commit  

# Commit a snapshot of changes in the working directory. 
git commit -a

# Shortcut for commit with a commit message 
git commit -m "commit message"

Git Branching

# Create a new branch
git branch crazy_experiment

# List all branches 
git branch
# List both remote and local branches   
git branch -a
# List only branches that match the pattern mentioned 
git branch --list  'pattern here'

Switch | Delete | Rename Branch

# Move to different branches
git checkout branch_name
git switch  branch_name

# Shortcut to create a new branch and switch to the branch  
git switch -c  new_branch_name
git checkout -b  new_branch_name 

# Delete the given branch 
git branch -d  trash
# Force delete the given branch 
git branch -D  trash

# Rename the current branch 
git branch -m  new_name

Merge Branch

# Merge given branch name with the working branch
git merge  branch_name
# Continue merger after conflict resolution
git merge  --continue 

Check Status

# Shows the working tree status
git status  

# Shows status of working tree in a short format 
git status --short

# Shows status of branch in a short format 
git status --branch

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Remote Repository

# Lists remote repo name and url(fetch/push) 
git remote -v

# Add a remote repository with local repository 
git remote add origin url_remote_repo

# Remove the remote repo with given name
git remote remove repo_name

# Rename the remote repo with given name
git remote rename old_name new_name

# Updates remote repo with local repo 
git push 

I hope this helps !!🚀🚀

Which is your favorite git command??

Don't forget to drop your thoughts and feedback in the comment section. Also, feel free to suggest any addition to this list..

Comments

[Bobby Iliev]

Great post! Well done!

I wrote a similar one which goes through the top git commands that you should know!

[Aman Jaswal]

Thanks Bobby, fortunately, I have read that post and it was a brilliantly explained one. You are quite active in Devdojo and I have been following your posts since I joined Devdojo. And I must say there's a lot that I gained from your posts.

On the funny side, It's usually just three writers that pop up in devdojo's top reads- Tony Lea, Kim Hallberg and yours 😊 !!

I am humbly attempting to share those learning aspects of programming that I found difficult to understand, Git is one of them.

Thanks again for the appreciation🙏🏽

[Bobby Iliev]

Hey Aman!

Ah thank you for the nice feedback 🙌 and happy to hear that you are on DevDojo too!

Yea, you've got a good point there. Can you share your profile link? I would love to go through your posts! 🙌

[Aman Jaswal]

Thanks Bobby,

Here's the link to my Devdojo profile : devdojo.com/progressiveprogrammer
🙏 I'll be glad to get feedback on the content. There isn't much content yet but I am working on sharing more of what I am learning currently..

[Bobby Iliev]

Hey Aman,

Your posts are looking great! Well done and keep it up! 🙌

One feedback that I have is, you can add the text along with the images, this is good for people who might not be able to see the images for a variety of reasons.

But besides that great job with the images and the content 🙌

[Esin Saribudak]

This is such a great overview for those new to Git, and a useful cheatsheet for everyone! Thanks for sharing this. One cool addition that would be super useful to new devs would be how to change the remote URL of a git repo.

[Aman Jaswal]

Thanks Esin, I am glad it's helpful and I am working on sharing more of these to help fellow programmers. i'll surely add how to change remote URL as well. thanks for the addition.

🙏🚀🚀

[Aman Jaswal]

Feel free to suggest addition to this list of git commands !!!