KnowGitMore.md

Git commands one should know !

Viewing branches

git branch --list

Deleting a branch

git branch -d branch_name

Git status

• Git status gives information about the branch & files

git status

To check push/fetch origin URL

git remote -v

Git Pull

• To gets the updates from remote repository and immediately applies the latest changes in your local.

git pull origin main/master

To undo the changes

• We need to specify the hash code ( eg. 3321844 ) next to our commit that we would like to undo

git revert hash_code

To rename a git file

git mv old_file_name  new_file_name

Temporarily stores your modified files

git stash

• View all of your stashes

git stash list

• Apply a stash to a branch

git stash apply

To see all the previous commits

• Most recent will appear first

git log

To see commits of other group authors.

git shortlog

To see details about a specific commit

git show your_commit_hash_code

To delete tracked file from the current directory

git rm file_name

To merge a specific branch feature to your directory

git merge branch_name

To integrates two branches into a single branch.

git rebase base_name

To find a good/bad commit

• Initiate git bisect

git bisect start

• To know about a good commit

git bisect good a123

• To know about a bad commit

git bisect bad z123

To apply a commit from any branch and apply it to any other branch

git cherry-pick commmit_hash_code

To compare two Git files

• To compare working directory with the local repo

git diff HEAD file_name

• To compare two branches

git diff source_branch target_branch

There are many commands in Git

• Use the following command in the terminal to check other Git commands

git help