Basic and frequently used Git commands for on-demand use

HowTo_Git.md

Clone a project to local machine

• Create a repository in GitHub.com
• In local machine/project_folder ...

git init // In local machine from project's root folder
git add . // Add all the files in directory to local git
// Make chanegs to the source
git commit -a -m "sample message for the commit"
git remote add origin <remote repository url from github.com>
git push -u origin master // push the master branch to github.com

Create a branch, switch to it and work on it

git branch <new_branch>
git checkout <new_branch> // switch to new branch
git status - verify the current branch

Delete a branch

git branch -d <branch_name>

Merge a brach to Master

git checkout master // switch to master
git pull origin master // update master branch
git merge dev-branch // merge the dev-branch
git push origin master // update the remote master branch

Clone a repository

git clone <repository url>

Compare two branches

// (..) compare heads of two branches
git diff branch1..branch2

// (...) compare common ancestor of two branches with head of right side branch
git diff branch1...branch2

Remove file from git

// remove from repo and disk
git rm file1.txt
git commit -m "remove file1.txt"

// remove from repo only
git rm --cached file1.txt
git commit -m "remove file1.txt"

Clone single branch

git clone -b <branch_name> --single-branch <git_url>

Clone specific branch

git clone -b my-branch https://git@github.com/username/myproject.git