Mastering Git - Your Guide to Common Commands

Mastering Git: Your Guide to Common Commands

Initialize a new repository:
git init

Clone a repository:
git clone repository_url

Add changes to the staging area:
git add file
or
git add file1 file2 ...

Commit changes:
git commit -m "Your commit message"

View the status of your changes:
git status

View changes between commits:
git diff

Branching:
Create a new branch:
git branch branch_name

Switch to a branch:
git checkout branch_name

Create and switch to a new branch:
git checkout -b new_branch_name

List branches:
git branch

Merge changes from one branch to another:
git merge branch_name

Delete a branch:
git branch -d branch_name

Remote Repositories:
Add a remote repository:
git remote add origin repository_url

Fetch changes from a remote repository:
git fetch

Pull changes from a remote repository:
git pull origin branch_name

Push changes to a remote repository:
git push origin branch_name

Undoing Changes:
Discard changes in the working directory:
git checkout -- file

Undo the last commit -soft reset:
git reset --soft HEAD

Undo the last commit and discard changes -hard reset:
git reset --hard HEAD

Revert a commit -create a new commit that undoes changes:
git revert commit_sha

Logs and History:
View commit history:
git log

View a specific commit:
git show commit_sha

Miscellaneous:
Ignore files- add to .gitignore:
Create or edit a .gitignore file.

View Git configuration:
git config --list

Tagging - create and list tags:
git tag tag_name
git tag -l