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git config

Usage: git config –global user.name “[name]”


Usage: git config –global user.email “[email address]”
This command sets the author name and email address respectively to be
used with your commits.

git init
Usage: git init [repository name]
This command is used to start a new repository.

git clone
Usage: git clone [url]
This command is used to obtain a repository from an existing URL.

git add
Usage: git add [file]
This command adds a file to the staging area.
Usage: git add *
This command adds one or more to the staging area.

git commit
Usage: git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”
This command records or snapshots the file permanently in the version
history.
Usage: git commit -a
This command commits any files you’ve added with the git add command
and also commits any files you’ve changed since then.
git diff
Usage: git diff
This command shows the file differences which are not yet staged.
Usage: git diff –staged

This command shows the differences between the files in the staging area
and the latest version present.
Usage: git diff [first branch] [second branch]
This command shows the differences between the two branches
mentioned.

git reset
Usage: git reset [file]
This command unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.
Usage: git reset [commit]
This command undoes all the commits after the specified commit and
preserves the changes locally.
Usage: git reset –hard [commit] This command discards all history
and goes back to the specified commit.

git status
Usage: git status
This command lists all the files that have to be committed.

git rm
Usage: git rm [file]
This command deletes the file from your working directory and stages the
deletion.
git log
Usage: git log
This command is used to list the version history for the current branch.
Usage: git log –follow[file]
This command lists version history for a file, including the renaming of files
also.

git show
Usage: git show [commit]
This command shows the metadata and content changes of the specified
commit.

git tag
Usage: git tag [commitID]
This command is used to give tags to the specified commit.

git branch
Usage: git branch
This command lists all the local branches in the current repository.
Usage: git branch [branch name]
This command creates a new branch.
Usage: git branch -d [branch name]
This command deletes the feature branch.

git checkout
Usage: git checkout [branch name]
This command is used to switch from one branch to another.
Usage: git checkout -b [branch name]
This command creates a new branch and also switches to it.

git merge
Usage: git merge [branch name]
This command merges the specified branch’s history into the current
branch.

git remote
Usage: git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]
This command is used to connect your local repository to the remote
server.

git push
Usage: git push [variable name] master
This command sends the committed changes of master branch to your
remote repository.
Usage: git push [variable name] [branch]
This command sends the branch commits to your remote repository.
Usage: git push –all [variable name]
This command pushes all branches to your remote repository.
Usage: git push [variable name] :[branch name]
This command deletes a branch on your remote repository.

git pull
Usage: git pull [Repository Link]
This command fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your
working directory.
git stash
Usage: git stash save
This command temporarily stores all the modified tracked files.
Usage: git stash pop
This command restores the most recently stashed files.
Usage: git stash list
This command lists all stashed changesets.
Usage: git stash drop
This command discards the most recently stashed changeset.

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