Github Commands

                                                            TOP GITHUB COMMANDS

1) git config –global user.name “[name]”                    ->sets author name
    git config –global user.email “[email address]”        ->sets author email id

2) git init [repository name]                                           ->start new repository

3) git clone [url]                                                               ->obtain a repository from an existing URL.

4) git add [file]                                                                   ->adds a file to the staging area.

5) git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”             ->records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.
    git commit -a                                                                      ->commits any files you’ve changed since then.&commits any files you’ve added

6) git diff                                                                              ->shows the file differences which are not yet staged.
    git diff –staged                                                                ->differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.
    git diff [first branch] [second branch]                             ->differences between the two branches mentioned.

7) git reset [file]                                                    ->unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.
    git reset [commit]                                             ->undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves the changes locally.
    git reset –hard [commit]                                   ->discards all history and goes back to the specified commit.


8) git status                                                           ->command lists all the files that have to be committed.

9 ) git rm [file]                                                        ->deletes the file from your working directory and stages the deletion.

10) git log                                                               ->used to list the version history for the current branch.
      git log –follow[file]                                            ->lists version history for a file, including the renaming of files also.

11) git show [commit]                                               ->shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit.

12) git tag [commitID]                                                ->used to give tags to the specified commit.

13) git branch                                                               ->lists all the local branches in the current repository.
      git branch [branch name]                                       -> creates a new branch.
      git branch -d [branch name]                                   -> deletes the feature branch.

14) git checkout [branch name]                                     -> used to switch from one branch to another
      git checkout -b [branch name]                                 ->creates a new branch and also switches to it.

15) git merge [branch name]                                                 ->merges the specified branch’s history into the current branch.

16) git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]         ->used to connect your local repository to the remote server.

17) git push [variable name] master                                    ->sends the committed changes of master branch to your remote repository.
      git push [variable name] [branch]                                    ->sends the branch commits to your remote repository.
      git push –all [variable name]                                           ->pushes all branches to your remote repository.
      git push [variable name] :[branch name]                           ->deletes a branch on your remote repository.

18) git pull [Repository Link]                                                     ->fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory.

19)  git stash save                                                                       ->stores all the modified tracked files.

20) git stash pop                                                                         ->restores the most recently stashed files.
      git stash list                                                                          ->lists all stashed changesets.
      git stash drop                                                                        ->discards the most recently stashed changeset.

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