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51 git commands that you'll ever need to get started with Git πŸ”₯

Version Control (Git) Basics

Hi !! In this blog tutorial, I will be listing out all the necessary and only command that you will ever need to start your GIT journey. You can bookmark this blog and come back to it, whenever it is necessary.

Checking the git configuration

git config -l

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Setting up your git username

git config --global user.name "pramit"

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Setting up email

git config --global user.email "pramit@aviyel.com"

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Caching credential

git config --global credential.helper cache

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Initialize repository

git init

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Adding filename to staging area

git add file_name

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Adding all the files to the staging area

git add .

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Add only certain files to the staging area

example add all files starting with "comp"

git add comp*

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Checking repo Status

git status

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Commit changes

git commit

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Commit changes with a message in it

git commit -m "YOOOO!!! This is a message"

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Add to staging area and commit changes with a message in it

git commit -a -m "YOOOO!!! This is another message"

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To see the commit history

git log

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Commit history and the following file changes

git log -p

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Show specific commit in git

git show commit_id

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Statistics about changes

git log --stat

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Changes made before committing them using diff

git diff
git diff some_file.js
git diff --staged

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Removing tracked files

git rm filename

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Rename files in git

git mv oldfilename newfilename

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Revert unstaged changes

git checkout file_name

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Revert staged changes

git reset HEAD filename
git reset HEAD -p

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Modify and add changes to the most recent commit

git commit --amend

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Rollback the last commit

git revert HEAD

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Revert a previous commit

git revert comit_id_here

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Create a new branch

git branch branch_name

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List branch in git

git branch

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Create a branch and switch it Immediately

git checkout -b branch_name

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Delete a branch in git

git branch -d branch_name

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Merge

git merge branch_name

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Commit log as a graph in git

git log --graph --oneline

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Commit log as a graph in git of all branches

git log --graph --oneline --all

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Abort a conflicting merge

git merge --abort

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Adding a remote repository

git add remote https://repository_name.com

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View the remote repo URL

git remote -v

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Get more info about remote repo

git remote show origin

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Push changes to the remote repository

git push

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Pull changes from remote repo

git pull

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Check remote branches that git is currently tracking

git branch -r

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Fetch remote repo changes

git fetch

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Current commit logs of the remote repo

git log origin/main

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Merge remote repo with the local repo

git merge origin/main

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Get the contents of remote branches in Git without automatically merging

git remote update

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Push a new branch to the remote repository

git push -u origin branch_name

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Remove a remote branch in git

git push --delete origin branch_name

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GIT rebase

(transfer completed work from one branch to another using git rebase)

git rebase branch_name

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Force a push request in git:(VERY DANGEROUS)

git push -f

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Git tips and tricks

Blank commits

git commit --allow-empty -m "yooo"

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Prettify Logs

git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate

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Clean up local branches

git config --global fetch.prune true

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  • you can clean up local branches that have been merged
git branch --merged master | grep -v "master" | xargs -n 1 git branch -d

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File that specifies intentionally untracked files that Git should ignore

.gitignore

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Top comments (6)

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De Metter Kenny • Edited

One I recently discovered and really like is git switch.
git switch
and in particular
git switch -c

It allows you to move all the uncommited changes you've done so far to a new branch.
This is really useful when you are working on something and then realize you really should have created a seperate branch for your changes

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Vinay Hegde • Edited

Good cheatsheet of commands but one can accidentally delete the live branch if it's not named master but main or production.

An easy way is to exclude it like:

egrep -iv '(master|main|production)'
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In the cleanup local branches section

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Ram Kumar

Awesome one.

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Zeus

Woah

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Akhik Dutta

Thanks, i think this will be of so much help to meπŸ™‚

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RusselMelroydsouza8

Very Useful