Git Commands

Git Notes

Git notes for local work

• git init: initialize current folder as a git repository

• git clone <url>: brings the git repo from <url> to the current folder

• git status: tells us what we need to know about our repository

• git add <FILE>: adds <FILE> to the stagin area

• git commit: open a text editor to write commit message

  • git commit -m "MESSAGE": writes MESSAGE as a commit without a text editor

• git log: shows the log (history) of our commits

  • git log --oneline: shows the shorter oneline log (history) of our commits

• git diff: compare current uncommitted state with the last known git state

  • git diff --staged: runs git diff between the staging aread and the last known state

• git diff <HEAD~<NUMBER>: compares HEAD with commit <NUMBER> ago (relative)

• git diff <HASH>: compares HEAD with the commit in <HASH>

• git restore --source <HASH or HEAD~> <FILE>: restore FILE to <HASH or HEAD~>

• git checkout <HASH or HEAD~> <FILE>: restore FILE to <HASH or HEAD~>

  • git checkout <HASH or HEAD~>: if you forget file, you end up in detached HEAD state
  • git checkout main: go back to main
  • git switch -: go back to main

Git notes for working with remotes

• git remote add <NAME> <URL>: adds the <URL> as a remote with the name <NAME>
  • <NAME> is by convention called origin
• git remote rm <NAME>: removes the remote calles <NAME>
• git remote -v: look at all the remotes you have
• git push <WHERE> <WHAT>: pushes the <WHAT> branch to <WHERE>
• git pull <WHERE> <WHAT>: pulls the <WHAT> branch in <WHERE> to the local computer