Github Commands

  1. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁: Initializes a new Git repository in the current directory.
  2. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 [𝘂𝗿𝗹]: Clones a repository into a new directory.
  3. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗱 [𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲]: Adds a file or changes in a file to the staging area.
  4. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 -𝗺 "[𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲]": Records changes to the repository with a descriptive message.
  5. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵: Uploads local repository content to a remote repository.
  6. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹: Fetches changes from the remote repository and merges them into the local branch.
  7. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀: Displays the status of the working directory and staging area.
  8. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵: Lists all local branches in the current repository.
  9. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 [𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵]: Switches to the specified branch.
  10. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 [𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵]: Merges the specified branch's history into the current branch.
  11. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 -𝘃: Lists the remote repositories along with their URLs.
  12. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗴: Displays commit logs.
  13. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 [𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲]: Unstages the file, but preserves its contents.
  14. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗺 [𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲]: Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion.
  15. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗵: Temporarily shelves (or stashes) changes that haven't been committed.
  16. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗴 [𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲]: Creates a lightweight tag pointing to the current commit.
  17. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 [𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲]: Downloads objects and refs from another repository.
  18. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲 --𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘁: Aborts the current conflict resolution process, and tries to reconstruct the pre-merge state.
  19. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 [𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵]: Reapplies commits on top of another base tip, often used to integrate changes from one branch onto another cleanly.
  20. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗴 --𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿.𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 "[𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲]" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗴 --𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿.𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 "[𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹]": Sets the name and email to be used with your commits.
  21. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳: Shows changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.
  22. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲] [𝘂𝗿𝗹]: Adds a new remote repository.
  23. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲]: Removes a remote repository.
  24. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 -𝗯 [𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵]: Creates a new branch and switches to it.
  25. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵 -𝗱 [𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵]: Deletes the specified branch.
  26. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 --𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘀: Pushes all tags to the remote repository.
  27. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆-𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 [𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁]: Picks a commit from another branch and applies it to the current branch.
  28. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 --𝗽𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗲: Prunes remote tracking branches no longer on the remote.
  29. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 -𝗱𝗳: Removes untracked files and directories from the working directory.
  30. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 --𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁 --𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲: Initializes and updates submodules recursively.