newdevs:git:commands
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Git for Windows
Useful Commands
Git Commands
git add myfile.txt
–> stage a specific filegit add -A
–> stage all modified files in the current directory and subdirectoriesgit add .
–> (Note the period) stage all modified files in the current directory but not subdirectoriesgit branch
–> list existing local branchesgit branch mynewbranch
–> create a new branchgit branch -m oldbranchname newbranchname
–> change name of branchgit branch -D branchname
–> delete a local branch (cannot delete a branch you currently have checked out, so switch to different branch first)git checkout mybranch
–> check out an existing branchgit checkout -b mynewbranch
–> create a new branch and check it out at the same timegit checkout master
–> switch to master branchgit checkout – docname.tt2
–> resets a file you've changed back to its original state (like an undo / revert changes command)git clone git://git.evergreen-ils.org/Evergreen.git
–> clones a remote repositorygit commit
–> invoke the default text editor to add a commit messagegit commit -m "my commit message"
–> add brief commit message instead of opening the text editor to add a commit messagegit commit --amend
–> overwrite your last commit messagegit commit --amend --signoff
–> view and amend your sign-off branchgit commit -a
–> combine the git add and git commit steps into a single step (does not include newly created files)git config --global -l
–> list all global configuration valuesgit config --global keyname "value"
–> create a global valuegit fetch --all
–> refresh your local cache from the remote branches (does not download new branches)git help
–> access the built-in Git help documentation.git log --oneline
–> list previous commits with their unique idsgit pull
–> imports all updates from your default remote repo to your default local repo (usually, this is equivalent to 'git pull origin master')git pull origin master
–> import all updates from remote origin repo to local master repogit pull --rebase origin master
–> rebases (rather than merges) new remote changes to your local repositorygit push working mybranchname
–> push changes to the remote working directorygit push working --delete mybranchname
–> delete a remote branchgit remote -v
–> display remote directoriesgit reset HEAD myfile.txt
–> unstage a file that has already been stagedgit reset --hard
–> reset a current branch to its original stategit rm badfile.txt
–> delete a file (if the file is being tracked, be sure to add a commit message indicating the file has been deleted)git show --stat
–> see what your commit will look like before you push itgit status
–> display status of current branchgit version
–> displays the installed version of Git
Other Commands
cd
–> move back to the home foldercd foldername
–> move from the current folder to a child foldercd ..
–> move up in the folder hierarchy one levelclear
–> clears your command window giving you a fresh screen to work withls
–> list all of the folders and files in the current folderls -l
–> lists all of the folders and files in the current folder with additional detail such as last modified timestampmkdir newfoldername
–> create a new foldernotepad++ newdocname.txt
–> create a new file and open it in notepad++notepad++ docname.txt
–> edit an existing file in notepad++pwd
–> see what folder you are currently in
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