Commands Git

# Initialise a new git repository
git init
 
# Create a new README.md
echo "# Project Title" > README.md
 
# Add specific file to the Staging Area
git add README.md
 
# Add all changes to the staging area.
git add .
 
# After stagin, you need to commit them.
git commit -m "ADD README.md with project description"
 
# show the current status of your working directory and staging area.
git status

 
# Add remote repository to your local git configuration.
git remote add origin https://github.com/username/repository.git
 
# Update remote repository to your local git configuration.
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/username/repository.git
 
# verify or list the remote repositories and their urls
git remote -v
 
 
# Push Changes to the remote repository (master/main)
git push origin master
 
# note: using "git push -u origin master", "-u" flag sets the upstream for the branch so feature pushes can be done with just "git push"
 
# push subsequent changes
git push
 
# pull changes from the remote repository
git pull origin master
 
# Rename the remote from origin to something else
git remote rename origin "new-origin"
 
# Remove remote
git remote remove origin 
 
# Clone a repository
git clone https://github.com/username/repository.git
 
#clone a specific branch
git clone --branch branchname https://github.com/username/repository.git
 
# Create a new branch
git checkout -b my-new-branch
 
# switch existing branches
git checkout my-new-branch
 
# Merge another branch into current branch
git merge main
 
# view commit history
git log

# Remove file
git rm mynotes/javascript.md
 
# Stage file at once
git add -u

# Create a .gitignore
touch .gitignore # only for linux-based system
# or
echo. > .gitignore ✅
# or
copy nul .gitignore
 
# add node_modules/ in .gitignore
echo node_modules/ >> .gitignore ✅
 
# Edit a .gitignore
nano . gitignore
 
# Check ignored files
git status --ignored

# .gitignore
# Ignore all .log files
*.log
 
# Ignore node_modules directory
node_modules/
 
# Ignore specific file
config/settings.json
 
# Ignore all files in tmp directory
tmp/**/
 

# Create a New Branch Locally
git checkout -b new-branch-name
 
# Push the New Branch to GitHub
git push -u origin new-branch-name