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Mohd Talha
Mohd Talha

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Version Control Basics

#git #github #beginners #discuss

Hi everyone, Sharing some useful git commands to use,

$ git init
Turn an existing directory into a git repository
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$ git status
Tells what's going on
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$ git add <filename>
adds files to staging area
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$ git commit
Creates a new commit
- Write good commit messages!
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$ git clone [url]
Clone (download) a repository that already exists on Github
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$ git pull
Updates your current local working branch with all new commits from the remote branch
It is a combination of git fetch and git merge
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$ git log
Shows a flattened log of history
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$ git log - - all - - graph - - decorate
Visualize history as a DAG(Directed acyclic graph)
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What commands would you add?

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Jesse Phillips • • Edited 
git commit --fixup <hash>

git commit --fixup :/<previous commit message>
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Interactively Rebase with git

Jesse Phillips ・ Jan 24 ・ 3 min read

#git #tutorial 
git switch <branch>

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