Top 19 Git Commands

 GIT Commands

In this article we will see git commands from beginner to advance. It's important to know everyone if you are developer or devops.

1. git config

Command: git config –global user.name “[name]”  

Command: git config –global user.email “[email address]”  

This command sets the author name and email address respectively to be used with your commits.

2. git init

Command: git init [repository name]

This command is used to start a new repository.

3. git add

Command: git add [file]  

This command adds a file to the staging area.

Command: git add *  

This command adds one or more to the staging area.

4. git commit

Command: git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”  

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

Command: git commit -a  

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

5. git diff

Command: git diff  

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

Command: git diff –staged 

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

Command: git diff [first branch] [second branch]  

This command shows the differences between the two branches mentioned.

6. git reset

Command: git reset [file]  

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

Command: git reset [commit]  

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

Command: git reset –hard [commit]  

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

7. git status

Command: git status  

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

8. git rm

Command: git rm [file]  

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

9. git log

Command: git log  

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

Command: git log –follow[file]  

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

10. git show

Command: git show [commit]  

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

11. git tag

Command: git tag [commitID]  

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

12. git branch

Command: git branch  

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

Command: git branch [branch name]  

This command creates a new branch.

Command: git branch -d [branch name]  

This command deletes the feature branch.

13. git checkout

Command: git checkout [branch name]  

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

Command: git checkout -b [branch name]  

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

14. git merge

Command: git merge [branch name]  

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

15. git remote

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

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

16. git push

Command: git push [variable name] master  

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

Command: git push [variable name] [branch]  

This command sends the branch commits to your remote repository.

Command: git push –all [variable name]  

This command pushes all branches to your remote repository.

Command: git push [variable name] :[branch name]  

This command deletes a branch on your remote repository.

17. git pull

Command: git pull [Repository Link]  

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

18. git stash

Command: git stash save  

This command temporarily stores all the modified tracked files.

Command: git stash pop  

This command restores the most recently stashed files.

Command: git stash list  

This command lists all stashed change sets.

Command: git stash drop  

This command discards the most recently stashed change set.

19. git clone

Command: git clone [url]  

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