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Here is a list of some basic Git commands to get you going with Git.
See Git resources for Git cheat sheets and other resources.
| Git task | Notes | Git commands |
|---|---|---|
Create a new local repository | git init | |
Check out a repository | Create a working copy of a local repository: | git clone /path/to/repository |
| For a remote server, use: | git clone username@host:/path/to/repository | |
Add files | Add one or more files to staging (index): | git add <filename> git add * |
Commit | Commiting changes to head (but not yet to the remote repository): | git commit -m "Commit message" |
Push | Send changes to the master branch of your remote repository: | git push origin master |
Connect to a remote repository | If you haven't connected your local repository to a remote server, add the server to be able to push to it | git remote add origin <server> |
Branches | Create a new branch and switch to it: | git checkout -b <branchname> |
| Switch from one branch to another: | git checkout <branchname> | |
| Delete the feature branch: | git branch -d <branchname> | |
| Push the branch to your remote repository, so others can use it: | git push origin <branchname> | |
| Push all branches to your remote repository | git push --all origin | |
| Delete a branch on your remote repository | git push origin :<branchname> | |
Update from the remote repository
| Fetch and merge changes on the remote server to your working directory: | git pull |
| To merge a different branch into your active branch: | git merge <branchname> | |
View all the merge conflicts: View the conflicts against the base file: Preview changes, before merging: |
git diff <sourcebranch> <targetbranch> | |
| After you have manually resolved any conflicts, you mark the changed file: | git add <filename> | |
Tags | You can use tagging to mark a significant changeset, such as a release: | git tag 1.0.0 <commitID> |
| CommitId is the leading characters of the changeset ID, up to 10, but must be unique. Get the ID using: | git log | |
| Push all tags to remote repository | git push --tags origin | |
Undo local changes | If you mess up, you can replace the changes in your working tree with the last content in head: Changes already added to the index, as well as new files, will be kept. | git checkout -- <filename> |
| Instead, to drop all your local changes and commits, fetch the latest history from the server and point your local master branch at it, do this: | git fetch origin git reset --hard origin/master | |
Search | Search the working directory for foo() | git grep "foo()" |