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Git Commands: Getting & Creating Projects

This document provides a summary of commonly used Git commands organized into categories including getting & creating projects, basic snapshotting, branching & merging, and sharing & updating projects. It lists the command syntax and a brief description for each command. Examples include commands for initializing and cloning repositories, adding and committing files, switching and merging branches, pushing and pulling changes to remote repositories, and viewing logs and diffs to inspect changes.

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Git Commands: Getting & Creating Projects

This document provides a summary of commonly used Git commands organized into categories including getting & creating projects, basic snapshotting, branching & merging, and sharing & updating projects. It lists the command syntax and a brief description for each command. Examples include commands for initializing and cloning repositories, adding and committing files, switching and merging branches, pushing and pulling changes to remote repositories, and viewing logs and diffs to inspect changes.

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Git Commands

A list of my commonly used Git commands

If you are interested in my Git aliases, have a look at my .bash_profile, found


here: https://github.com/joshnh/bash_profile/blob/master/.bash_profile
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Getting & Creating Projects

Command Description

git init Initialize a local Git repository

git clone ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git Create a local copy of a remote repository

Basic Snapshotting

Command Description

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)

Branching & Merging


Command Description

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 [branch name] 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

Sharing & Updating Projects

Command Description

git push origin [branch name] Push a branch to your remote repository

git push -u origin [branch name] Push changes to remote repository (and
Command Description

remember the branch)

Push changes to remote repository


git push
(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 remote repository
git remote add origin ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-
name].git Add a remote repository

git remote set-url origin


ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git Set a repository's origin branch to SSH

Inspection & Comparison

Command Description

git log View changes

git log --summary View changes (detailed)

git diff [source branch] [target branch] Preview changes before merging

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