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Git Essentials

Basic Git Commands

Initialize a repo​

git init

Add changes​

# add all the changes
git add .

# add a particular file
git add <file_relative_path>

Commit changes​

git commit -m "commit message"

git commit -m <title> -m <description>

Status​

git status

Branch​

# creates a new branch and moves to it
git checkout -b <branch-name>

# move staged changes to a different branch
git switch -c <new-branch-name>

# delete a branch
git branch -d <branch-name>

Reset / Undo local commits​

git reset HEAD~

Remote​

# add a remote URL
git remote add <REMOTE_ALIAS> <REMOTE_URL>

# replace current remote url
git remote set-url <REMOTE_ALIAS> <UPDATED_REMOTE_URL>

# REMOTE_ALIAS is typically origin, you can find by using:

git remote