Refreshing - Git basics

This post explains some of the basics of git (a simple refresher post to GIT commands).

Git clone <git url> download a project from git remote repository

init

add <file> or .

commit -m <commit message> (Commit files to local repository)

status (list all new and modified files)

diff (Shows files modified)

fetch: fetches the remote repo into the local repo, but does not merge

pull: does and fetch and also does the merge into the local repo. 

Remote: lists the remote

git remote

git remote -v

Log: logs all changes

git log

git log —all

git log —all —oneline —decorate —graph

SCENARIOS:

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# Local folder to Git remote. 

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Steps to commit an already existing local project to git. 

git init

git add README.md

Git commit -m “Initial commit”

Create a repository in git and get the 

git remote add origin git@github.com:deiveehan/<reponame.git>

Git push -u origin master. 

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# Create a branch from command line.

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git branch —list (shows all the branches). 

git checkout -b develop (creates a local branch called develop)

change a file

perform git add and commit to the local code.

git push —set-upstream origin develop

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# Switching branches.

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Git branch (shows local branches)

Git checkout develop

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# Merging with parent branch (say develop)

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Master

• Develop
• A

commit A changes to local repository

git checkout develop

git merge A

git push

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# Deleting remote branch

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git branch -d A (Delete references of local branch)

git push origin -d A (delete remote branch)

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