Git basic commands.md

Git commands

Set up Name and Email

git config user.email 'email@example.com'
git config user.name 'Masroor Hussain'

Create a repo

git init

Remotes

Check remotes

git remote -v

Add remote

git remote add origin remote_url_here

Add PAT(Personal Access Token)

• First you need to add the remote(see the step above to add a remote), then update it's url with PAT in it

git remote set-url origin https://repo_owner_username_here:put_token_here@github.com/repo_owner_username_here/repo_name_here.git

Permanently delete repo from local storage

rm -rf .git

Add files to staging(ready to be committed)

git add filename

or to add all files do the following:

git add . 

Remove file from staging area

git restore HEAD filename

Create a commit

git commit -m 'message here'

Create diff file from unstaged files

git diff > unstaged.diff

Create diff file from staged files

git diff --staged > staged.diff

Apply diff changes from a file

git apply filename.diff

Reset the latest commit

git reset --soft HEAD~1

Reset N commits

git reset --soft HEAD~N

Delete a branch from remote

git push remote_name :branch_name