Important commands

Command	Description
git config –global user.name	Sets the name that will be attached to your commits and tags globally.
git config –global user.email	Sets the email address that will be attached to your commits and tags globally.
git init	Initializes a new Git repository in the current directory.
git add -A	Adds all changes to the staging area, including new files, modified files, and deleted files.
git clone https://github.com/gauravrjoshi/YOUR_REPO.git	Clones the repository located at the given URL into a new directory on your local machine.
git checkout master	Switches to the master branch in your local repository.
git checkout YOUR_BRANCH_NAME	Switches to the specified branch in your local repository.
git status	Shows the status of files in the working directory and staging area.
git add .	Adds all new and changed files in the current directory to the staging area.
git commit -m “commit message”	Commits the staged changes to the repository with the provided commit message.
git push origin YOUR_ANOTHER_BRANCH_NAME	Pushes the commits from your local branch to the specified branch on the remote named ‘origin’.
git pull origin YOUR_BRANCH_NAME	Fetches changes from the specified branch on the remote and merges them into your current branch.
git pull origin YOUR_ANOTHER_BRANCH_NAME	Fetches changes from another specified branch on the remote and merges them into your current branch.
git push origin YOUR_BRANCH_NAME	Pushes the commits from your local branch to the same branch on the remote named ‘origin’.
git diff	Shows the differences between the working directory and the index (or between two commits).
git remote add first-push-test https://github.com/gauravrjoshi/first-push-test.git	Adds a new remote named ‘first-push-test’ to your local repository.
git remote add origin https://github.com/gauravrjoshi/first-push-test.git	Adds a new remote named ‘origin’ to your local repository.
git push origin master	Pushes the commits from your local master branch to the master branch on the remote named ‘origin’.
git mergetool	Opens a graphical merge conflict resolution tool to resolve merge conflicts.
git reflog –all	Shows a log of all the references (branches, tags) and their updates in the local repository.
git config –local user.email “username@email.com”	Sets the email address for your commits in the current repository.
git config –local user.name “User Name”	Sets the name for your commits in the current repository.
git config –local credential.helper “”	Removes the credential helper for the current repository, affecting how passwords are stored.
git config –list	Lists all settings Git can find at that point.
git fetch –all	Fetches all branches from all remotes.
git checkout -b feature/YOUR_BRANCH_NAME main	Creates a new branch named ‘feature/YOUR_BRANCH_NAME’ from ‘main’ and checks it out.
git branch –delete YOUR_BRANCH_NAME	Deletes the specified local branch. Use ‘–delete –force’ if the branch has unmerged changes.
git pull . master	Pulls changes from the master branch into the current branch within the same repository.
git merge master	Merges changes from the master branch into the current branch. Useful for local branches without needing to pull.
git log -n 5 –pretty=format:”%h %ad %s” –date=short	Displays the latest 5 commits in a concise format that includes the commit hash, commit date, and commit message.
git log -n 5 –oneline	Shows the latest 5 commits with a concise one-line format displaying the commit hash and commit message.
git reset –hard HEAD~1	Resets the current branch to the state it was in just before the last commit, discarding any changes.
git reset –soft  HEAD~1	To undo the last commit while keeping your changes staged for a new commit.
git push -f origin sandbox	Force-pushes the current branch state to the ‘sandbox’ branch on the remote named ‘origin’, potentially overwriting changes.
git fetch origin	Fetches updates from the remote named ‘origin’ but does not merge them into the current branch.
git reset –hard origin/branch-name	Resets the current branch to match the specified branch on the remote named ‘origin’, discarding any local changes.
git branch -d branch_name	Deletes the specified local branch. Use -D to force deletion if the branch has unmerged changes.
git clean -n	shows you what would be removed without actually deleting any files
git clean -f	Command is used to forcefully remove untracked files from your working directory
git count-objects	We can see the total repository size and how many objects are being used to calculate that size.
git count-objects -vH	Find the current size of your git repo
git checkout target_branch git merge source_branch git commit -m “Merge changes from source_branch” git push origin target_branch	Switches to the target branch, merges changes from the source branch, commits the merge, and pushes the changes to the target branch on the remote named ‘origin’.
For more information on Git and version control, visit Git’s official documentation.

Git local configuration

git config --local user.email "username@email.com"

git config --local user.name "User Name"

git config --local credential.helper ""

 

Checking Your Settings

git config --list

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-About-Version-Control

You can fetch all branches from all remotes like this:

git fetch --all

Create a branch in Git from another branch

git checkout -b feature/YOUR_BRANCH_NAME main

How to delete a Git branch locally

git branch --delete YOUR_BRANCH_NAME

How to “pull” from a local branch into another one?

You have to tell Git from where to pull, in this case from the current directory/repository (.):

git pull . master

But when working locally, you can simply use merge (pull internally calls merge):

git merge master