This is a Git Commands Handbook, more like a cheatsheet to the various commands for easy reference.
CREATE A REPO
# Creates a local repo
git init [name]
# Clones a remote repo
git clone [remote_project_url]
ADD A FILE TO THE STAGING AREA
# Stage a changed file
git add [file_or_directory]
# Stage all changed files
git add .
COMMIT TO A LOCAL REPO
git commit<br>git commit -m [commit_message]
STATUS OF A WORKING DIRECTORY
# Status of the local repository
git status
# Changes to the file name
git diff [file_name]
BRANCHES
# Create a new branch
git branch [new_branch_name]
# List all branches
git branch
git branch -a
git branch --list
# Switch to branch
git checkout [branch_name]
git switch [branch_name]
# Creates a new branch and switch to the branch
git checkout -b [new_branch_name]
# Merges a branch with another
git merge [branch_name]
# Delete a branch
git branch -d [branch_name]
# Branch newFeature has all the commits of branch main
git rebase main newFeature
WORKING WITH REMOTE REPOSITORIES
# Clones a remote repo
git clone [remote_project_url]
# List all remotes repositories to the local repo
git remote -v
# Add a remote repository with local repository
git remote add [remote_project_url]
# Fetches changes from the remote repository
git fetch [remote_project_url]
# Fetches changes from the remote repository and merge it to local
git pull
git pull origin [main_branch_name]
# Publish local changes to remote repository
git push
CONFIGURATION
# List configuration options
git config --list
# Set your username
git config --global user.name "Ephraim Atta-Duncan"
# Set your email
git config --global user.email 0x10@gmail.com
# Set your global branch names
git config --global init.defaultBranch [new_default_branch_name]
RESETTIING
# Revert the changes to exactly what you had
# Go back to HEAD
git reset --hard HEAD
# Go back the commit before head
git reset --head HEAD^
# Go back to two commits before head
git reset --head HEAD~2
# Revert changes to commits only
# Go back to HEAD
git reset --soft HEAD
# Go back the commit before head
git reset --soft HEAD^
# Go back to two commits before head
git reset --soft HEAD~2
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