Git is an amazing version control system. Here are few basic commands that you need to start any git project.
git init
git init
is used to create a new repository. If you have a local project folder in your system, then git init
command will make the project as a repository.
git add
git add
used to add the unstaged files to the staging area.
git add *
adds all the changed/unstaged files to the staging area.git add [file]
adds the specific file to the staging area.
git commit
git commit
is used to record the changes to the repository.
Options:-m [message]
: message related to the changes you have done. Used for team-mates to understand what has changed.-a
: includes all the changed files in the commit.
git diff
git diff
shows the differences which are not staged yet.git diff --staged
shows the differences between the staged files and latest version.
git status
git status
lists all the files that have to be committed.
git reset
git reset
reverses the actions done.
git reset [file]
– It unstages the file while preserving its content.git reset [commit]
– It undo all the commit after a specific commit while preserving the changes locally.
git remote
git remote
is used to connect the local repository to the remote server.
Example: git remote [variable_name] [remote_server_link]
git push
git push
send the committed changes of local repository to remote repository.
git push [variable_name] master
sends committed changes of master branch to the remote repositorygit push [variable_name] [branch]
sends the specified branch commits to remote repositorygit push -all [variable_name]
sends all branches commits to remote repository.