The Git Commands I Use Every Day

Git will keep track of changes you make to your project.

1. Initialize a Git repo

This will introduce Git into your project. Create a local repo.

git init

2. Add Remote

Add a remote GitHub repository to your project.

git remote add origin git@github.com:XxxxxxX/welcomeToBrixton.git

3. Add a file to staging

move file(s) from the working directory to a staging area. The flag . will add all files.

git add .

4. Commit

commit all staged files to Git. -m is a flag used to attach a commit message.

git commit -m "commit message"

5. Push to GitHub

This will send your project which is currently on your local machine to a remote GitHub repository. -u is a flag you can use to set upstream

git push origin <branch>

6. Log

List all the commit(s) with a hash.

git log

To go to any of the commits, copy the first few characters of the commit hash and then

git checkout <commit_id>

7. Status

List new or modified files not yet committed

git status

Thank you

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