GitHub Basic Commands

BasicCommands.txt

git init                                          // initialise the GitHub in local repository
git remote add origin "url link"                  // adds your repository using the link of the repo in your GitHub
git status                                        // checks the GitHub status (or what's the status of the branch)
git branch -m oldbranchname newbranchname         // changes the old branch name to new brnach name
git status                                        // checks the GitHub status (or what's the status of the branch)
git fetch                                         // primary command used to download contents from a remote repository
git pull origin main                              // used to fetch and download content from a remote repository and immediately update the local repository to match that content
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main          // used to set track the branch with the 'main'
git status                                        // checks the GitHub status (or what's the status of the branch)
git push origin HEAD                              // pushes the current branch to the remote ref matching master in the origin repository


git checkout -b branchname origin/main            // changes to the new branch and simultaneously sets the branch to track with the 'main'


git status                                        // checks the GitHub status (or what's the status of the branch)
git add .                                         // adds all the file but with same commit message
git add "filename"                                // adds the specific file (can be with same commit message)
git commit -m "commit message"                    // a command to capture the state of a project at that point in time
git push origin HEAD                              // pushes the current branch to the remote ref matching master in the origin repository