Git Commands

• git init

initialises current repository for git

• git add README.md

adds README.md file

• git commit -m "<initial commit>"

commit staged changes with message initial commit

• git branch -M main

creates local branch named main

• git remote -u add origin <remote-git-repository-url>

adds a remote origin to current git repository

• git push -u origin main

pushes committed changes to remote origin repository

• git help <command>

displays help for specified command

• git config --global init.defaultBranch <branch-name>

configures the initial branch name to use in all of new repositories

• git branch

shows all local branches

• git branch -a

shows all local and remote branches that (local) Git knows about

• git branch <branch-name>

creates specified branch locally

• git branch -m <branch-name>

renames just created branch

• git checkout <branch-name>

switches to specified branch

• git push -u origin <branch-name>

pushes specified branch (mostly newly created local branch) to remote

• git remote update origin --prune

updates the local list of remote branches

• git branch -d <local-branch-name>

deletes local branch

• git branch -D <local-branch-name>

deletes local branch with un-merged and un-pushed changes

• git push origin --delete <remote-branch-name>

deletes remote branch

• git status

shows all local changed files

• git stash list

lists all stashes

•  git stash pop stash@{0}

un-stashes/pops first stash in stack

•  git stash save "<stash-message-or-name>"

un-stashes/pops first stash in stack

• git add

adds...

• git add .

adds all local changed files

• git commit -m "<commit-message>"

commits locally with specified commit message

• git commit --amend -m "<new-commit-message>"

amends most recent un-pushed commit message (all staged changes will also be committed)

• git push origin <remote-branch-name>

pushes locally committed changes to remote branch