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GIT Tutorial: Commands
Install GIT on Linux
and Mac
Major GIT commands with examples
GIT Installation on
Windows Here you will find a list with the major commands, their short
Start a GitHub descriptions and exemplary usage. For a detailed description of all
Repository the GIT commands please visit
GIT Repository
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/
Management
Major GIT Commands Major GIT commands:
GIT Directory
Structure git config
Sets configuration values for your user name, email, gpg key,
SG-GIT Tutorial preferred diff algorithm, file formats and more. Example: git
config --global user.name "My Name" git config --global
user.email "user@domain.com" cat ~/.gitconfig [user] name =
My Name email = user@domain.com

NO.1 git init

Initializes a git repository – creates the initial ‘.git’ directory in a
WEB new or in an existing project. Example: cd
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git clone
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Tools the original location as a remote so you can fetch from it again
Script installation and push to it if you have permissions. Example: git clone
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git@github.com:user/test.git

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git rm
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Removes files from your index and your working directory so
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git commit
$3.95/month Takes all of the changes written in the index, creates a new
commit object pointing to it and sets the branch to point to
that new commit. Examples: git commit -m ‘committing added
changes’ git commit -a -m ‘committing all changes, equals to git
add and git commit’

git status
Shows you the status of files in the index versus the working
directory. It will list out files that are untracked (only in your
working directory), modified (tracked but not yet updated in
your index), and staged (added to your index and ready for
committing). Example: git status # On branch master # # Initial
commit # # Untracked files: # (use "git add <file>..." to include
in what will be committed) # # README nothing added to
commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

git branch
Lists existing branches, including remote branches if ‘-a’ is
provided. Creates a new branch if a branch name is provided.
Example: git branch -a * master remotes/origin/master

git checkout
Checks out a different branch – switches branches by updating
the index, working tree, and HEAD to reflect the chosen branch.
Example: git checkout newbranch

git merge
Merges one or more branches into your current branch and
automatically creates a new commit if there are no conflicts.
Example: git merge newbranchversion

git reset
Resets your index and working directory to the state of your
last commit. Example: git reset --hard HEAD

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git stash
Temporarily saves changes that you don’t want to commit
immediately. You can apply the changes later. Example: git
stash Saved working directory and index state "WIP on master:
84f241e first commit" HEAD is now at 84f241e first commit (To
restore them type "git stash apply")

git tag
Tags a specific commit with a simple, human readable handle
that never moves. Example: git tag -a v1.0 -m 'this is version 1.0
tag'

git fetch
Fetches all the objects from the remote repository that are not
present in the local one. Example: git fetch origin

git pull
Fetches the files from the remote repository and merges it with
your local one. This command is equal to the git fetch and the
git merge sequence. Example: git pull origin

git push
Pushes all the modified local objects to the remote repository
and advances its branches. Example: git push origin master

git remote
Shows all the remote versions of your repository. Example: git
remote origin

git log
Shows a listing of commits on a branch including the
corresponding details. Example: git log commit
84f241e8a0d768fb37ff7ad40e294b61a99a0abe Author: User
<user@domain.com> Date: Mon May 3 09:24:05 2010 +0300
first commit

git show
Shows information about a git object. Example: git show
commit 84f241e8a0d768fb37ff7ad40e294b61a99a0abe Author:
User <user@domain.com> Date: Mon May 3 09:24:05 2010
+0300 first commit diff --git a/README b/README new file
mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29

git ls-tree

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Shows a tree object, including the mode and the name of each
item and the SHA-1 value of the blob or the tree that it points
to. Example: git ls-tree master^{tree} 100644 blob
e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 README

git cat-file
Used to view the type of an object through the SHA-1 value.
Example: git cat-file -t
e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 blob

git grep
Lets you search through your trees of content for words and
phrases. Example: git grep "www.siteground.com" -- *.php

git diff
Generates patch files or statistics of differences between paths
or files in your git repository, or your index or your working
directory. Example: git diff

gitk
Graphical Tcl/Tk based interface to a local Git repository.
Example: gitk

git instaweb
Runs a web server with an interface into your local repository
and automatically directs a web browser to it. Example: git
instaweb --httpd=webrick git instaweb --stop

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git archive
Creates a tar or zip file including the contents of a single tree
from your repository. Example: git archive --format=zip
master^ README >file.zip

git gc
Garbage collector for your repository. Optimizes your
repository. Should be run occasionally. Example: git gc
Counting objects: 7, done. Delta compression using up to 2
threads. Compressing objects: 100% (5/5), done. Writing
objects: 100% (7/7), done. Total 7 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)

git fsck
Does an integrity check of the Git file system, identifying
corrupted objects. Example: git fsck

git prune
Removes objects that are no longer pointed to by any object in
any reachable branch. Example: git prune

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