Basic Git Commands

Standard

Here is a list of some basic Git commands to get you going with Git Repositories.

Task Description Command
Create a new local repository
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git init
git init
Check out a repository Create a working copy of a local repository:
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git clone /path/to/repository
git clone /path/to/repository
For a remote server, use:
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git clone username@host:/path/to/repository
git clone username@host:/path/to/repository
Add files Add one or more files to staging (index):
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git add <filename>
 
git add *
git add <filename>

git add *
Commit Commit changes to head (but not yet to the remote repository):
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git commit -m "Commit message"
git commit -m "Commit message"
Commit any files you’ve added with git add, and also commit any files you’ve changed since then:
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git commit -a
git commit -a
Push Send changes to the master branch of your remote repository:
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git push origin master
git push origin master
Status List the files you’ve changed and those you still need to add or commit:
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git status
git status
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:
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git remote add origin <server>
git remote add origin <server>
List all currently configured remote repositories: git remote -v
Branches Create a new branch and switch to it:
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git checkout -b <branchname>
git checkout -b <branchname>
Switch from one branch to another:
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git checkout <branchname>
git checkout <branchname>
List all the branches in your repo, and also tell you what branch you’re currently in:
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git branch
git branch
Delete the feature branch:
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git branch -d <branchname>
git branch -d <branchname>
Push the branch to your remote repository, so others can use it:
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git push origin <branchname>
git push origin <branchname>
Push all branches to your remote repository:
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git push --all origin
git push --all origin
Delete a branch on your remote repository:
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git push origin :<branchname>
git push origin :<branchname>
Update from the remote repository

 

Fetch and merge changes on the remote server to your working directory:
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git pull
git pull
To merge a different branch into your active branch:
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git merge <branchname>
git merge <branchname>
View all the merge conflicts:

View the conflicts against the base file:

Preview changes, before merging:

git diff

git diff --base <filename>

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git diff <sourcebranch> <targetbranch>
git diff <sourcebranch> <targetbranch>
After you have manually resolved any conflicts, you mark the changed file:
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git add <filename>
git add <filename>
Tags You can use tagging to mark a significant changeset, such as a release:
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git tag 1.0.0 <commitID>
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:
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git log
git log
Push all tags to remote repository:
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git push --tags origin
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.

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git checkout -- <filename>
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:
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git fetch origin
 
git reset --hard origin/master
git fetch origin

git reset --hard origin/master
Search Search the working directory for foo(): git grep "foo()"

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