Git Commands

git commands.txt

# To initialize a Git repository here, type the following command:
git init

# To get the current state of our repository 
git status

# To Add files to staging area 
git add filename.ext
git add *.java

# To add files to commit from staging are with appropriate message
git commit -m "This is my commit message"

# To view commit history in log pages 
git log

# To add local repository with remote repository. If local repo is not already cloned from remote repository.
git remote add origin https://url_of_remote_repo.com/username/mygitrepo.git

# To push local repo commits to remote repo
git push -u origin master

# To get remote repo changes into local repo
git pull origin master

# To get difference between commits
git diff HEAD

# To get difference between staged files
git diff --staged


# To get unstage file but still keep the changed file
git reset myfilename.ext

# To get file versioned as in last commit 
git checkout myfilename.ext

# To create branch from master
git branch my_new_branch_name

# To switch between branches
git checkout master
git checkout my_new_branch_name

# To remove file from repo as well as from disc
git rm myfilename.ext

# To Merge one branch into other branch
# First Checkout target branch
git checkout mytargetbranch

# Now merge your souce into checked out target branch
git merge mysourcebranch