GIT is a version control system and is widely used. Below are the most important commands all Software developer’s must know.
git clone
git clone copies an existing repository into a new local directory.
The git clone command will create a new local directory for the repository, copy all the contents of the specified repository, create the remote-tracked branches and check out an initial branch locally.
git clone <repository url> // can be https or sshgit pull
The git pull command retrieves and downloads contents from a remote repository and updates the local repository as soon as it has been downloaded.
In git based collaboration workflows, it is common to merge remote upstream changes into your local repository.
git pull
or
git pull origin <branch name>git checkout
The git checkout command navigates between two different branches into a git repository.
checkout is used to view and make changes to different branches. You can check out a past commit in a repository to view how your project appeared in that state.
git checkout <branch name> // checkout to an existing branch
git checkout -b <branch name> // creates a new branchgit add
The git add command adds new or changes files in your working directory to the git staging area. As you are working, you change and save a file or multiple files.
Then, before you commit you must git add. This step allows you to chose what you are going to commit.
git add <file path>
git add . // moves all files to staged.git commit
Used to record the changes in the repository. Every commit contains the index data and the commit message and every commit form a parent-child relationship.
When we add a file in Git , it will take place in the staging area. A commit command is used to fetch updates from the staging area to repository.
git commit -m "<commit message>"git push
A git push command when executed pushes the changes that the user has made on the local branch to the remote repository.
Once the users have cloned the remote repository and have made the necessary changes in their local device, they need to be pushed to the remote repository so that they are shared and used by other users.
git push
git push --set-upstream <remote branch> <branch name>git branch
git branch provides you the ability to create branches and perform risk free development in isolated programming space.
The branch command helps you create delete and list branches. It is the go to command when it comes to managing any aspect of your branches: no matter if in your local repository or on your remote repository.
git branch <new branch>
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