Git Commands

This summarizes introductory Git commands and Github commands.

START

Initialize

git init projectName

GITHUB = online "remote" repository for code

Add View Remove Rename

git remote add github https://github.com/user/repo.git git remote -v git remote rm currentName git remote rename currentName newName

FILES = text documents that make up the software source code

Add Commit Push View Remove Rename Move

git add file git commit -m "Message about new file" git push github branch git log git rm file git mv currentName newName (view history) git log --follow ./path/to/file git mv currentDir/file newDir

BRANCHES = copies of the code base

Add View Delete Rename Merge

git checkout -b newBranchName git branch -v (on github) git branch -r git branch -D <local-branch-name> (on github) git push origin :branchName git push origin --delete <remote-branch-name> git branch -m oldName newName git merge fromBranchName toBranchName

VERSIONS = version numbers / tags for software releases

Add View Push Revert

git tag -a v1.0 -m "version 1.0" git tag git push --tags git checkout v0.1

NOTES

Delete = Remove

REFERENCES

CodeSchool Git Real