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Git & GitHub has steadily risen from being just a preferred skill to a must-have skill for multiple job roles today. In this article, I will talk about the Top Git Commands that you will be using frequently while you are working with Git. More commands here

Following are the Git commands which are being covered:

• git config
• git init
• git clone
• git add
• git commit
• git diff
• git reset
• git status
• git rm
• git log
• git show
• git tag
• git branch
• git checkout
• git merge
• git rebase
• git remote
• git push
• git fetch
• git pull
• git stash

git config

git config -global user.name “name"

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

git init [repository name]

This command is used to start a new repository.

git clone

git clone [url]

This command is used to obtain a repository from an existing URL.

git add

git add [file]

This command adds one or more files to the staging area.

git add .

This command adds one or more to the staging area.

git commit

git commit -m “ Type in the commit message ”

This command records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.

git commit -am “ Type in the commit message ”

This command commits any files you’ve added with the git add command and also commits any files you’ve changed since then with a message.

git commit --amend | -m "message" | --no-edit

This command modifies the latest commit avoiding repetition and making a new one.

git diff

git diff

This command shows the file differences which are not yet staged.

git diff –staged

This command shows the differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.

git diff [first branch id] [second branch id]

This command shows the differences between the two branches mentioned.

git reset

git reset [file]

This command unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.

git reset [commit]

This command undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves the changes locally.

git reset -hard [commit]

This command discards all history and goes back to the specified commit.

git status

git status

This command lists all the files that have to be committed.

git rm

git rm [file]

This command deletes the file from your working directory and stages the deletion.

git log

git log

This command is used to list the version history for the current branch.

git log -follow[file]

This command lists version history for a file, including the renaming of files also.

git show

git show [commit]

This command shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit.

git tag

git tag [commitID]

This command is used to give tags to the specified commit.

git branch

git branch

This command lists all the local branches in the current repository.

git branch [branch name]

This command creates a new branch.

git branch -d [branch name]

This command deletes the feature branch.

git checkout

git checkout [branch name]

This command is used to switch from one branch to another.

git checkout -b [branch name]

This command creates a new branch and also switches to it.

git merge

git merge [branch name]

This command merges the specified branch’s history into the current branch.

git remote

git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]

This command is used to connect your local repository to the remote server.

git push

git push [variable name] master

This command sends the committed changes of master branch to your remote repository.

git push -all [variable name]

This command pushes all branches to your remote repository.

git push [variable name] [branch name]

This command sends the branch commits to your remote repository.

git fetch

git fetch [remote]

Fetch all of the branches from the repository. This also downloads all of the required commits and files from the other repository.

git fetch [remote] [branch]

Same as the above command, but only fetch the specified branch.

git fetch --all

A power move which fetches all registered remotes and their branches:

git fetch --dry-run

The --dry-run option will perform a demo run of the command. It will output examples of actions it will take during the fetch but not apply them.

git pull

git pull [Repository Link]

This command fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory.

git stash

git stash save

This command temporarily stores all the modified tracked files.

git stash pop

This command restores the most recently stashed files.

git stash list

This command lists all stashed changesets.

git stash drop

This command discards the most recently stashed changeset.