Basic GIT Commands

Git Commands

Here is a list of some basic Git commands to get you going with Git.

Create a new local repository

git init

Check out a repository

git clone <repository_host>

Add Files

git add <filename>, git add *

If you mess up, you can replace the changes in your working tree with the last content in head:Changes already added to the index, as well as new files, will be kept.

git checkout -- <filename>

Commit changes to head (but not to the remote repository)

git commit -m “Commit message”

Commit any files you’ve added with git add, and also commit any files you’ve changed since then

git commit -a

Send changes to the master branch of your remote repository

git push origin master

List the files you’ve changed and those you still need to add or commit

git status

Displays the differences between versions and merge conflicts

git diff

Connect to a remote repository

git remote add origin <server>

List all currently configured remote repositories

git remote -v

Search the working directory for foo():

git grep "foo()"

Instead, to drop all your local changes and commits, fetch the latest history from the server and point your local master branch at it, do this:

git fetch origin

git reset --hard origin/master