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Git & GitHub has steadily risen from being just a preferred skill to a must-have skill for multiple job roles today. In this article, I will talk about the Top 30 Git Commands that you will be using frequently while you are working with Git.
🌐 Essential GitHub Commands Every DevOps Engineer Should Know
1. git init
🛠️ Description: Initializes a new Git repository in the current directory.
2. git clone [url]
🛠️ Description: Clones a repository into a new directory.
3. git add [file]
🛠️ Description: Adds a file or changes in a file to the staging area.
4. git commit -m "[message]"
🛠️ Description: Records changes to the repository with a descriptive message.
5. git push
🛠️ Description: Uploads local repository content to a remote repository.
6. git pull
🛠️ Description: Fetches changes from the remote repository and merges them into the local branch.
7. git status
🛠️ Description: Displays the status of the working directory and staging area.
8. git branch
🛠️ Description: Lists all local branches in the current repository.
9. git checkout [branch]
🛠️ Description: Switches to the specified branch.
10. git merge [branch]
🛠️ Description: Merges the specified branch's history into the current branch.
11. git remote -v
🛠️ Description: Lists the remote repositories along with their URLs.
12. git log
🛠️ Description: Displays commit logs.
13. git reset [file]
🛠️ Description: Unstages the file, but preserves its contents.
14. git rm [file]
🛠️ Description: Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion.
15. git stash
🛠️ Description: Temporarily shelves (or stashes) changes that haven't been committed.
16. git tag [tagname]
🛠️ Description: Creates a lightweight tag pointing to the current commit.
17. git fetch [remote]
🛠️ Description: Downloads objects and refs from another repository.
18. git merge --abort
🛠️ Description: Aborts the current conflict resolution process, and tries to reconstruct the pre-merge state.
19. git rebase [branch]
🛠️ Description: Reapplies commits on top of another base tip, often used to integrate changes from one branch onto another cleanly.
20. git config --global user.name "[name]" and git config --global user.email "[email]"
🛠️ Description: Sets the name and email to be used with your commits.
21. git diff
🛠️ Description: Shows changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.
22. git remote add [name] [url]
🛠️ Description: Adds a new remote repository.
23. git remote remove [name]
🛠️ Description: Removes a remote repository.
24. git checkout -b [branch]
🛠️ Description: Creates a new branch and switches to it.
25. git branch -d [branch]
🛠️ Description: Deletes the specified branch.
26. git push --tags
🛠️ Description: Pushes all tags to the remote repository.
27. git cherry-pick [commit]
🛠️ Description: Picks a commit from another branch and applies it to the current branch.
28. git fetch --prune
🛠️ Description: Prunes remote tracking branches no longer on the remote.
29. git clean -df
🛠️ Description: Removes untracked files and directories from the working directory.
30. git submodule update --init --recursive
🛠️ Description: Initializes and updates submodules recursively.
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