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 1 | Git Commands
 2 | ============
 3 | 
 4 | ___
 5 | 
 6 | _A list of my commonly used Git commands_
 7 | 
 8 | 
 9 | ### Getting & Creating Projects
10 | 
11 | | Command | Description |
12 | | ------- | ----------- |
13 | | `git init` | Initialize a local Git repository |
14 | | `git clone ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git` | Create a local copy of a remote repository |
15 | 
16 | ### Basic Snapshotting
17 | 
18 | | Command | Description |
19 | | ------- | ----------- |
20 | | `git status` | Check status |
21 | | `git add [file-name.txt]` | Add a file to the staging area |
22 | | `git add -A` | Add all new and changed files to the staging area |
23 | | `git commit -m "[commit message]"` | Commit changes |
24 | | `git rm -r [file-name.txt]` | Remove a file (or folder) |
25 | 
26 | ### Branching & Merging
27 | 
28 | | Command | Description |
29 | | ------- | ----------- |
30 | | `git branch` | List branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch) |
31 | | `git branch -a` | List all branches (local and remote) |
32 | | `git branch [branch name]` | Create a new branch |
33 | | `git branch -d [branch name]` | Delete a branch |
34 | | `git push origin --delete [branch name]` | Delete a remote branch |
35 | | `git checkout -b [branch name]` | Create a new branch and switch to it |
36 | | `git checkout -b [branch name] origin/[branch name]` | Clone a remote branch and switch to it |
37 | | `git branch -m [old branch name] [new branch name]` | Rename a local branch |
38 | | `git checkout [branch name]` | Switch to a branch |
39 | | `git checkout -` | Switch to the branch last checked out |
40 | | `git checkout -- [file-name.txt]` | Discard changes to a file |
41 | | `git merge [branch name]` | Merge a branch into the active branch |
42 | | `git merge [source branch] [target branch]` | Merge a branch into a target branch |
43 | | `git stash` | Stash changes in a dirty working directory |
44 | | `git stash clear` | Remove all stashed entries |
45 | 
46 | ### Sharing & Updating Projects
47 | 
48 | | Command | Description |
49 | | ------- | ----------- |
50 | | `git push origin [branch name]` | Push a branch to your remote repository |
51 | | `git push -u origin [branch name]` | Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch) |
52 | | `git push` | Push changes to remote repository (remembered branch) |
53 | | `git push origin --delete [branch name]` | Delete a remote branch |
54 | | `git pull` | Update local repository to the newest commit |
55 | | `git pull origin [branch name]` | Pull changes from remote repository |
56 | | `git remote add origin ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git` | Add a remote repository |
57 | | `git remote set-url origin ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git` | Set a repository's origin branch to SSH |
58 | 
59 | ### Inspection & Comparison
60 | 
61 | | Command | Description |
62 | | ------- | ----------- |
63 | | `git log` | View changes |
64 | | `git log --summary` | View changes (detailed) |
65 | | `git log --oneline` | View changes (briefly) |
66 | | `git diff [source branch] [target branch]` | Preview changes before merging |
67 | 
68 | ### Clear Git repo history
69 | 
70 | | Command | Description |
71 | | ------- | ----------- |
72 | | `git checkout --orphan latest_branch` | Checkout |
73 | | `git add -A` | Add all the files | 
74 | | `git commit -am "commit message"` | Commit the branch |
75 | | `git branch -D main` | Delete the branch |
76 | | `git branch -m main` | Rename the current branch to main |
77 | | `git push -f origin main` | Force update your branch |


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