{"id":27,"date":"2019-03-29T04:10:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T04:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/?p=27"},"modified":"2019-03-29T04:10:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T04:10:01","slug":"git-commands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Git Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A li<\/em>st of commonly used Git commands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting & Creating Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Command<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
git init<\/code><\/td>Initialize a local Git repository<\/td><\/tr>
git clone ssh:\/\/git@github.com\/[username]\/[repository-name].git<\/code><\/td>Create a local copy of a remote repository<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Basic Snapshotting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Command<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
git status<\/code><\/td>Check status<\/td><\/tr>
git add [file-name.txt]<\/code><\/td>Add a file to the staging area<\/td><\/tr>
git add -A<\/code><\/td>Add all new and changed files to the staging area<\/td><\/tr>
git commit -m \"[commit message]\"<\/code><\/td>Commit changes<\/td><\/tr>
git rm -r [file-name.txt]<\/code><\/td>Remove a file (or folder)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Branching & Merging<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Command<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
git branch<\/code><\/td>List branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch)<\/td><\/tr>
git branch -a<\/code><\/td>List all branches (local and remote)<\/td><\/tr>
git branch [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Create a new branch<\/td><\/tr>
git branch -d [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Delete a branch<\/td><\/tr>
git push origin --delete [branchName]<\/code><\/td>Delete a remote branch<\/td><\/tr>
git checkout -b [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Create a new branch and switch to it<\/td><\/tr>
git checkout -b [branch name] origin\/[branch name]<\/code><\/td>Clone a remote branch and switch to it<\/td><\/tr>
git checkout [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Switch to a branch<\/td><\/tr>
git checkout -<\/code><\/td>Switch to the branch last checked out<\/td><\/tr>
git checkout -- [file-name.txt]<\/code><\/td>Discard changes to a file<\/td><\/tr>
git merge [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Merge a branch into the active branch<\/td><\/tr>
git merge [source branch] [target branch]<\/code><\/td>Merge a branch into a target branch<\/td><\/tr>
git stash<\/code><\/td>Stash changes in a dirty working directory<\/td><\/tr>
git stash clear<\/code><\/td>Remove all stashed entries<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Sharing & Updating Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Command<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
git push origin [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Push a branch to your remote repository<\/td><\/tr>
git push -u origin [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch)<\/td><\/tr>
git push<\/code><\/td>Push changes to remote repository (remembered branch)<\/td><\/tr>
git push origin --delete [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Delete a remote branch<\/td><\/tr>
git pull<\/code><\/td>Update local repository to the newest commit<\/td><\/tr>
git pull origin [branch name]<\/code><\/td>Pull changes from remote repository<\/td><\/tr>
git remote add origin ssh:\/\/git@github.com\/[username]\/[repository-name].git<\/code><\/td>Add a remote repository<\/td><\/tr>
git remote set-url origin ssh:\/\/git@github.com\/[username]\/[repository-name].git<\/code><\/td>Set a repository’s origin branch to SSH<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Inspection & Comparison<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Command<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
git log<\/code><\/td>View changes<\/td><\/tr>
git log --summary<\/code><\/td>View changes (detailed)<\/td><\/tr>
git diff [source branch] [target branch]<\/code><\/td>Preview changes before merging<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A list of commonly used Git commands Getting & Creating Projects Command Description git init Initialize a local Git repository git clone ssh:\/\/git@github.com\/[username]\/[repository-name].git Create a local copy of a remote repository Basic Snapshotting Command Description git status Check status git add [file-name.txt] Add a file to the staging area git add -A Add all new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[11,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailordev.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}