Top Git Commands

List of git commands

• git config: This command sets the author name and email address respectively to be used with your commits.

git config --global user.name "Bob Smith"
git config --global user.email bob@example.com

• git init: This command is used to start a new repository.

git init [repository name]

• git clone: Create a working copy of a local repository:

git clone /path/to/repository
i.e git clone https://github.com/narottamsingh/spring_boot_multiple_database.git
// for a remote server use
git clone username@host:/path/to/repository

• git add: Add one or more files to staging (index):

git add <filename> // single file add
git add *   // all file add

• git commit: Commit changes to head

git commit -m "Commit message"

• git commit: This command commits any files you’ve added with the git add command and also commits any files you’ve changed since then.
  
  

git commit -a  

• git diff: This command shows the file differences which are not yet staged.

git diff

• git diff -staged: This command shows the differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.

git diff -staged

• git diff [first branch] [second branch]: This command shows the differences between the two branches.

git diff [first branch] [second branch]

• git reset

//This command unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.

git reset {filename}

//This command discards all history and goes back to the specified commit.
git reset --hard {filename}

//Instead, to drop all your local changes and commits,
// fetch the latest history from the server and point your local master branch at it

git reset --hard origin/master

• git status: List the files you've changed and those you still need to add or commit

git status

• git rm: This command deletes the file from your working directory.

git rm <filename> 
git add *   // all file add

• git log: This command is used to list the version history for the current branch

git log

• git show: This command shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit

git show [commit]

• git tag: This command is used to give tags to the specified commit

git tag [commit]
git add *   // all file add

• git branch: This command lists all the local branches in the current repository

git branch

• git branch creates: This command used to create local branches.

git branch [branchName]

• git branch delete: This command used to delete the branch

git branch -d [branchName]

• git checkout: This command is used to switch from one branch to another

git checkout [branchName]

• git checkout and create: This command is used to switch from one branch to a newly created branch

git checkout -b [branchName]

• git merge: To merge a different branch into your active branch

git merge [branchName]

• git remote: If you haven't connected your local repository to a remote server, add the server to be able to push to it

git remote add origin <server>
git remote add origin https://github.com/narottamsingh/spring_boot_multiple_database.git

• git push: This command sends the committed changes of the master branch to your remote repository

git push -u origin [branchname]
git push origin master
git push --all origin // push all local repository to remote

• git pull: Fetch and merge changes on the remote server to your working directory:

git pull https://github.com/narottamsingh/spring_boot_multiple_database.git

• git stash: This command temporarily stores all the modified tracked files. This command used when we want to another work and keep existing.

git stash save  // to store

git stash pop // restores the most recently stashed files.

git stash list // list all stashed changes

git stash drop //  discards the most recently stashed changeses.