Fundamental Git Commands

Fındamental Git commands with their basic explanations list

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Show files

status git status

Copy changes from a remote repo

git pull

Local retrieves(downloads) the latest meta-data info from the original repo(no file transfer)

git fetch

Add files

git add .

Commit with message

git commit -m “explain commit”

Command history

git log

Show the previous command from the log(command history)

git log -n [number]

Amend

git commit — amend

Amend with message

git commit — amend -m “explain amend”

Revert the action

git revert [commit hash ID]

Applying a commit to another (used for undoing changes)

git-cherry-pick

Delete commits(DANGEROUS)

git reset — hard [ID]

Show the difference of actions

git diff [ID]..[ID][file_name]

NEVER WORK ON THE DEFAULT BRANCH.

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Show branches

git branch

Create branch

git branch [branch_name]

HEAD is a pointer that points to the “current branch”.

Change your branch

git checkout [branch_name]

Create and change

git checkout -b[branch_name]

Delete branch

git branch -D [branch_name]

Create folder

touch [folder_Name]

Store actions

git stash

Show stash list

git stash list

Applies changes and removes the one at the top

git stash pop

Applies changes and does not remove them from the list

git stash apply stash@{0}

Combines the branch with the default branch

git merge[branch_name]

Squash the previous commits into one

git merge -squash [branch_name]

merge the history of two branches on a repository

git rebase [branch_name]

Files with “.gitignore” extensions are for files that are not wanted to get tracked by the git. These files might be documents, multimedia, operating system files., application files, language and framework Files, files downloaded with package managers, Credentials, etc. .

Fork vs pull: With a Pull Request, changes made on the forked repository are merged with the original repository. With the push command, changes performed on the cloned repository can be transferred to the original repository.

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Resources:

An introduction to Git: what it is, and how to use it

Git Tutorial

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