GITHUB COMMANDS

Github_List_of_Git_Commands.md

GITHUB COMMANDS

COMMAND	ACTION	NOTES
git init	initialize a local repo
git status	shows current repo status
git status -s	shows current repo status: abbreviated version
git remote add remoteName remoteURL	adds a remote with given name & destination URL
git remote	lists all remotes
git remote -v	lists all remotes & destination URLs
git remote rm remoteName	deletes specified remote
git add fileName	stages specified file
git add .	stages all files
git commit	commits all staged files
git commit -m "commitComment"	commits all staged files with given comment
git commit -a -m "commitComment"	stages & commits all files with given comment
git push -u origin branchName	creates & associates new branch in remote (if needed) & pushes all commited files to it
git push origin master	pushes all committed files to master
git push -u origin master	associates local master with remote master & pushes the commited files
git branch branchName	creates a new branch
git checkout branchName	switches to specified branch
git checkout -b branchName	creates & switches to a new branch
git branch -m newBranchName	renames current branch	only use from within the branch to be changed
git merge branchName	merges specified branch with master	first run: 'git checkout master'
git checkout master	switches back to master branch
git stash	stashes changes on current branch
git branch -d branchName	deletes specified branch
git tag	lists all versioning tags
git tag -a tagName -m "tagComment"	adds annotated tag with specified name (eg v1.0.0) & descriptional comment
git tag -a tagName commitChecksum	adds tag to a pervious commit	first run: git log --pretty=oneline
git show tagName	shows information of tag with tagName
git push origin tagName	pushes specified tag to remote	does not happen automatucally with ordinary pushes
git push origin --tags	pushes all tags to remote
git pull --tags	pulls all existing tags from remote	does not happen automatucally with ordinary pulls