Basic Commands used in GIT

Here I’m listing all basic Commands used in GIT bash.

git –version: Tells you about version
git –global Page on user.name “Code Hotfix” : Register user name
git –global user.email “codehotfix@github.com” : Register user email
git config –list : Git Config
git help / git help command : Git help
pwd : Gives you the working directory of repository
cd .. : To go back
ls : Gives you all folder
cd nameOfFolder : To move to the specified folder
git init : To make folder as a git repository (First move into the folder to make it as a repository)
ls -la : Gives you the list of folder in repository that keep record of changes
git add . : To aware git to add the file in the directory it adds to the staging area (. Means all) you can replace (.) With file name like second.txt
git commit -m “Expressing the detail about change ” : This will commit the changes with the note
git log : Gives you the commit history
git log –author=”CodeHotfix” : Gives you commit history of specific author
git status : Gives you the status of pending changes.
git diff : Give you the difference of working directory and repository
git diff –staged : Compare staged area with repository
git rm filename : Removes the file from repository as well as working directory
git mv oldname to newNAME : Also rename the file
git mv oldname to newPATH/newNAME : Also rename the file and move to the new path

git commit -am “Commit message” :Directly commit to the repository without adding to the staging area
git checkout — Views/Home/Index.cshtml : Undo Pending Changes
git reset HEAD filename : Unstage the file to the working area
git checkout refrenceumber — file/folder : Get the previous version copy of specified file

Enjoy.. !!

Basic commands that are used in GIT