Basic git commands

• git init

To create a new Git repository

git init
git init <directory>

• git clone

Clone the repository in local machine

git clone <repo>

git clone <repo> <directory>

• git config

Define author name, email for commits

git config user.name <name>

git config --global user.name <name>

git config --global user.email <email>

Example: 

git config user.name kien.nguyen

git config --global user.name kien.nguyen

git config --global user.email nguyenanhkien2a@gmail.com

• git diff

View a change in details (line by line)

git diff <file>

git diff --cache

git diff --base <file>

git diff <source_branch> <target_branch>

• git status

List files in staged, unstaged, untracked.

git status

• git reset

Clear all local changes

git reset

git reset <file>

git reset --hard

git reset <commit>

git reset --hard <commit>

• git add

Add a change to staging area, staging area will be used into commit

git add <file>

git add <directory>

git add .

git add *

• git commit

Commit your changes in staging area to HEAD in local working repository

git commit -m "your message"

Commit all your changes in staging/unstaging to HEAD in local working reposiroty

git commit -a -m "your message"

Edit the last commit

git commit --amend

• git log

View committed snapshots

git log

git log -n <number>

git log --oneline

git log --stat

git log <file>

git log -p

git log --author="<pattern>"

git log --grep="<pattern>"

• git fetch

Fetch latest changes from remote repository

git fetch

git fetch origin

• git pull

Fetch and update commits from remote repository into local working repository

git pull

• git push

Push local working branch to remote repository

git push

git push origin <remote_branch>

Example:

git push origin master

• git branch

List all branches in your local repository

git branch

• git checkout

Checkout a branch to working tree

git checkout <branch>