git Cheat Sheet

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What is git?

Git is a version control management system.

Why git?

Git helps in keeping track of changes made to code.

It also synchronize code between different people.

Helps in testing the changes to code without losing the
original.

Able to revert back to any older versions of code.

What is GitHub?

GitHub is a online platform which allows to store git
repositories.
There are other websites like GitHub such as Gitlab,
BitBucket, GitBucket etc..

What is Repository?

Repository is simply a place to keep track of code and all
the changes to code.
There are two kinds of repositories, Local and
Remote. Local repository is the one that is in your
local machine and Remote repository is stored on a server like github.

Now will jump into Git commands

git clone 'url' : downloads the remote repository from server into the local machine
git init : to initialize git to the current working directory
git status : shows the current activity on the repository
git add 'filename' // 'filenames' // '.': add the files to staging area which needs to be included in the next commit
git commit -m "message": saves the changes made to the repository with the message
git push : pushes local repository to remote repository
git pull : pulls remote repository to local repository (for any remote changes)
git log : lists all the commits that have been made to the repository
git reset --hard 'commit' : revert backs the repository to the given commit
git branch 'branch name' : creates a new branch
git checkout 'branch name' : to switch between the branches of the repository
git merge: to merge the branch and master