Useful Git Commands

useful_git_commands.md

Basic

Command	Description
git status	Check status
git add [file-name.txt]	Add a file to the staging area
git add -A	Add all new and changed files to the staging area
git commit -m "[commit message]"	Commit changes
git rm -r [file-name.txt]	Remove a file (or folder)
git reset --hard	Reset the staging area and the working directory to match the most recent commit.

Branch

Command	Description
git branch	List branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch)
git branch -a	List all branches (local and remote)
git branch [branch name]	Create a new branch
git branch -d [branch name]	Delete a branch
git push origin --delete [branch name]	Delete a remote branch
git checkout -b [branch name]	Create a new branch and switch to it
git checkout -b [branch name] origin/[branch name]	Clone a remote branch and switch to it
git checkout [branch name]	Switch to a branch
git merge [branch name]	Merge a branch into the active branch
git merge [source branch] [target branch]	Merge a branch into a target branch

Git flow

Command	Description
git flow feature start MYFEATURE	Create a feature branch
git flow feature finish MYFEATURE	Finish a feature and merges the feature into develop
git flow feature publish MYFEATURE	Publish a feature to the remote server
git flow feature pull origin MYFEATURE	Get a feature published by another user
git flow release start RELEASE [BASE]	Start a release, optionally supply a BASE commit sha-1 hash to start the release from
git flow release publish RELEASE	Publish the release branch
git flow release finish RELEASE	Finishing a release, tags the release with its name. Don't forget to push your tags git push origin --tags

Push & Pull

Command	Description
git push origin [branch name]	Push a branch to your remote repository
git push -u origin [branch name]	Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch)
git push	Push changes to remote repository (remembered branch)