Top 8 Most Common Git Commands Every Developer Should Know

Config global the email, author name

git config --global user.name "Sam Smith"

git config --global user.email sam@example.com

 

Git Clone

git clone <repository url>

 

Git Pull

Fetch latest all changes from the remote and merge any change from the remote to your local branch

 git pull

 

 Git Checkout

• Switch to another branch

git checkout <branch name>

• Create new branch 

git checkout -b <branch name>

 

Git Commit

git commit -m "<commit message>"

 

Git Add

Stage the changes files

Some specific file 

git add <file path>

All Files

 git add .

 

Git Push

• If your branch already exists on the remote

git push

 

• If your branch is only local and does not exist on remote

 git push --set-upstream <remote branch> <branch name>

 

Git Branch

• Create new branch 

git branch <new branch>

• Delete branch

git branch -d <branch name>

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