Git-commands

configure git with github

git config --global user.name "name"
git config --global user.email "email"

verify it by simply running above commands

cloning a repo

git clone repo url

initialize git repo

git init repo name

view all git repos in terminal

ls -lart

view status

git status

add a file

git add file name (repo directory)

add multiple files or all untracked files

git add -A

commit a file

git commit -m "message"

add a remote repo

git add remote origin repo url

push

git push remote repo url

create a file

touch file name (in repo directory)

edit a file

gedit file name

bring back files from staged environment

git checkout file name

bring back all files from staged environment

git checkout -f

see commits

git log

filter git log output

git log -p -n (number of last commits you want to see)

view the diff from changed file (compares the file in staging area with unstaged area file)

git diff


compare your staging area with last commit

git diff --staged

remove a file from staging area

git rm --cached file name

short status

git status -s 

by default your main banch is a master branch

Create branches on git

git branch (branch name)

view branches

git branch

switch to a branch

git checkout branch name

merge a branch

git checkout (branch name)

git merge (branch name that is to be merged)

create and switch to the created branch

git checkout -b (branch name)

push in a master branch

git push - u origin master



Reference

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwWKnnCMQ5c)