Git Commander dev notes

Welcome to the repo where I keep notes on Git. I'm archiving git commands here to help you progress from zero to pro. I hope that will be useful.

Quick Setup

…or create a new repository on the command line

echo "# git-commander" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin git@github.com:umutyerebakmaz/git-commander.git
git push -u origin main

…or push an existing repository from the command line

git remote add origin git@github.com:umutyerebakmaz/git-commander.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

How to delete all commit history in github?

1. Checkout

git checkout --orphan latest_branch

2. Add all the files

git add -A

3. Commit the changes

git commit -m "first commit"

4. Delete the branch

git branch -D main

5. Rename the current branch to main

git branch -m main

6. Finally, force update your repository

git push -f origin main

How to delete all local git branches?

git branch -D `git branch --merged | grep -v \* | xargs`

or

git branch --merged | grep -v \* | xargs git branch -D 

How to delete given local git branch?

git branch -d local_branch_name

How to I clone a remote branch to my local?

git checkout -b local-branch-name origin/remote-branch-name

Git fetch Remote Branch

$ git branch -r
origin/HEAD -> origin/main
origin/1132-umuts-branch
origin/main

$ git fetch origin 1132-umut-branch
$ git checkout 1132-umut-branch

Amending the most recent commit message

git commit --amend 

will open your editor, allowing you to change the commit message of the most recent commit. Additionally, you can set the commit message directly in the command line with:

git commit --amend -m "New commit message"

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.