Git Commands - For Memory

Here are some frequently used GIT commands.

git init // Initialize a local Git repository
git clone ssh://[email protected]/[username]/[repository-name].git // Create a local copy of a remote repository

git status // Check status git add [file-name.txt] // Add a file to the staging area
git add -A // Add all new and changed files to the staging area
git commit -m “[commit message]” // Commit changes
git rm -r [file-name.txt] // Remove a file (or folder)

git branch // List branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch)
git branch -a // List all branches (local and remote)
git branch [branch name] // Create a new branch
git branch -d [branch name] // Delete a branch
git push origin –delete [branchName] // Delete a remote branch
git checkout -b [branch name] // Create a new branch and switch to it
git checkout -b [branch name] origin/[branch name] // Clone a remote branch and switch to it
git checkout [branch name] // Switch to a branch
git checkout – // Switch to the branch last checked out
git checkout — [file-name.txt] // Discard changes to a file
git merge [branch name] // Merge a branch into the active branch
git merge [source branch] [target branch] // Merge a branch into a target branch
git stash // Stash changes in a dirty working directory
git stash clear // Remove all stashed entries

git push origin [branch name] // Push a branch to your remote repository
git push -u origin [branch name] // Push changes to the remote repository (and remember the branch)
git push // Push changes to the remote repository (remembered branch)
git push origin –delete [branch name] // Delete a remote branch
git pull // Update local repository to the newest commit
git pull origin [branch name] // Pull changes from the remote repository
git remote add origin ssh://[email protected]/[username]/[repository-name].git // Add a remote repository
git remote set-url origin ssh://[email protected]/[username]/[repository-name].git // Set a repository’s origin branch to SSH

If you have any local changes, they will be lost. With or without –hard option, any local commits that haven’t been pushed will be lost.

git fetch –all // downloads the latest from remote without trying to merge or rebase anything.
git reset –hard origin/master // resets local branch to repo forcefully deleting all local changes.
git reset –hard origin/<branch_name> // command for other branch

You can save current local commits before resetting by creating a local branch with the commits.

This saves uncommitted changes and you can reapply them later on.

git stash // saves uncommitted changes git stash pop // re-apply uncommitted changes ————– Will be adding more commands ———————–

Git Commands – For Memory