- Open the required directory in any Unix terminal (Linux/ MacOS/ Git Bash).
- alias name: eg: origin
- branch: eg: master
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Configuring username globally
git config --global user.name "<username>" -
Configuring email globally
git config --global user.email "<email>"
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Locally initialize a git repository
git init -
To add remote repository
git remote add <alias-name> <git repo url> -
Add all files to staging area
git add -A -
Add specific files to staging area
git add <filename> -
Commit files
git commit -m "<commit message>" -
Push Files to github
git push <alias-name> <branch-name> -
Pull: To sync remote repo with github repo
git pull <alias-name> -
Clone a git repository
git clone <git repo url> -
To know the current status of a local git repository
git status -
To know the commit history
git log -
To switch git branch
git checkout -b <branch-name> -
To fetch a git branch from remote
git fetch <alias-name> <branch-name> -
To previous commit and discard all the latest commit after that
git reset --hard <commit-hash> [commit-hash is available with git log command] -
To add project specific ssh keys
git config --local --add core.sshCommand 'ssh -i ~/.ssh/<ssh-key>' -
To get a history of all the actions
git reflog show -
For more arguments
git help