Mastering Git - Your Guide to Common Commands

Mastering Git: Your Guide to Common Commands Initialize a new repository: git init Clone a repository: git clone repository_url Add changes to the staging area: git add file or git add file1 file2 ... Commit changes: git commit -m "Your commit message" View the status of your changes: git status View changes between commits: git diff Branching: Create a new branch: git branch branch_name Switch to a branch: git checkout branch_name Create and switch to a new branch: git checkout -b new_branch_name List branches: git branch Merge changes from one branch to another: git merge branch_name Delete a branch: git branch -d branch_name Remote Repositories: Add a remote repository: git remote add origin repository_url Fetch changes from a remote repository: git fetch Pull changes from a remote repository: git pull origin branch_name Push changes to a remote repository: git push origin branch_name Undoing Changes: Discard changes in the working directory: git checkout -- file Undo the last commit -soft reset: git reset --soft HEAD Undo the last commit and discard changes -hard reset: git reset --hard HEAD Revert a commit -create a new commit that undoes changes: git revert commit_sha Logs and History: View commit history: git log View a specific commit: git show commit_sha Miscellaneous: Ignore files- add to .gitignore: Create or edit a .gitignore file. View Git configuration: git config --list Tagging - create and list tags: git tag tag_name git tag -l