Basic Command in Git

If you are using git bash, here is list of commands that you are going to use very often :

Base commands

git init : Initialize an existing directory as a Git repository.
git remote add origin [url] : add a remote repository.
git add [file] or git add . : add one or more files to staging area.
git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]” : commit changes to head (but not yet to the remote repository).
git push origin [branch] : send changes to the master branch of your remote repository.

Track project

git status : list which files are staged, unstaged, and untracked.
git log : show all commits, and starting with newest.

Cloning and collaboration

git clone [url] : clone a repository that already exists on GitHub, including all of the files, branches, and commits.
git pull : fetch and merge changes on the remote server to your working directory.

Branches

git branch [branch-name] : create a new branch at the current commit.
git checkout [branch-name] : switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory.
git merge [branch] : merge the specified branch’s history into the current one.

Setup

git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]” : set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history.