Cheatsheet for Git

Git is a version control system which is useful to magage the projects.

Initial setup

git config --global user.name username
									
git config --global user.email useremail
									
git config # to check the configuration
									
									

Commands absolute necessary

cd path/to/directory/
									
git init #to initiate a code from scratch
									
git clone url # to clone code from github
									
git add filename # to add to staging area
									
git add * #add all files to staging area
									
git commit filename -m "msg" #to take screenshot the current structure from the staging area
									
git commit -m "msg"
									
git push origin master
									
git push origin main
									

Commands frequently used

git status
									
git remote add origin urlsomething.git

									

Other useful commands

git rm filename #remove from staging and working directory
									
git rm --cached filename #removing only from staging area
									

									
 git reset HEAD filename #to unstage file
									
 git reset HEAD . #to unstage all files
									


									
.gitignore # to ignore updating or indexing ; make this file and add filenames to be ignored.
									
 git branch branchname # to create branch
									
 git checkout branchname # to change directory to branch 
                                    
 git config --get remote.origin.url # to get the github url from the local repository
									

To do: Read about git merge

https://www.atlassian.com/git/glossary