git config
This is a command for setting your user name and email in the main configuration file. To check your email or user name, use git config --global user.name and git config — global user.email . Similarly, you can set your new name or email by using git config --global user.name = “Zaur Fataliyev” or git config --global user.email = "fvzaur@gmail.com".
git init
This is a command for initializing a git repository for a new or existing project. In order to initialize a new git repository, use git init command in the root of your project directory.
git clone
This is a command to copy a git repository from remote source, also sets the remote to original source so that you can pull again. To copy/clone the repository at URL, use git clone URL command.
git status
This is a command to check the status of files you’ve changed in your working directory, i.e, what all has changed since your last commit. To check your repository status, use git status command in your working directory. It lists out all the files that have been changed.
git add
This is a command for adding changes to stage/index in your working directory. To add all changes in current repository, use git add . command in working directory.
git commit
This command commits your changes and sets it to new commit object for your remote. To commit your updates, use git commit -m "Your commit message" command.
git push
This command pushes your changes to remote. If you have added and committed your changes and you want to push them, use git push command.
git pull
This command pulls changes from a remote repository into the current branch. If your remote has updated and you want those latest changes to current working branch, use git pull command.
git branch
This command lists out all the branches. To list all branches of current repository, use git branch --all command.
git checkout
This command is used to switch to different branches. To checkout your desired branch, use git checkout <branch> command, or use git checkout -b <branch> command if you want to create and switch to a new branch.
git stash
This command is for to save changes that you don’t want to commit immediately. To do this, use git stash command in your working directory. Use git stash apply command if you want to bring your saved changes back.
git merge
*This command is used to merge two branches you were working on. To do this, switch to branch you want to merge everything in and use git merge <branch_to_merge> command. *
git reset
This command is used when you know when you commit changes that are not complete, this sets your index to the latest commit that you want to work on with. To do this, use git reset <mode> <commit> command.
git remote
This command is for checking what remote/source you have or add a new remote. To do this, use git remote command to check and list. Moreover, git remote add <remote_name> <remote_url> command to add the new remote.