Aug 11, 2020

Git Commands

I’m always forgetting basic git commands, so I figured I’d make a list here I can reference. Hopefully it’s a help to you, too!

To clone a remote repo:

Navigate to local folder
Clone remote repo
Terminal window
```
git clone {URL}
```

When making changes:

Make local changes
Add changes to staging area
Terminal window
```
git add -A
```
Commit changes to local repo
Terminal window
```
git commit -m "message"
```
Pull remote repo (to make sure no one has updated remote repo)
Terminal window
```
 git pull origin master
```
Then push it to the remote repo
Terminal window
```
git push origin master
```

Working with branches:

Create a branch
Terminal window
```
git branch [name of branch]
```
Checkout branch
Terminal window
```
git checkout [name of branch]
```
add, commit change to local branch
Terminal window
```
git add -A
```
THEN
Terminal window
```
git commit -m "message"
```
commit push branch to remote
Terminal window
```
git push -u origin [name of branch]
```
(just first time to push it to remote and link the two together)
in the future… you can just use
Terminal window
```
git push
```

To merge…

Switch to master change
Terminal window
```
git checkout master
```
Pull from master to make sure we’re up to date
Terminal window
```
git pull origin master
```
Merge branch
Terminal window
```
git merge [name of branch]
```
Push to remote
Terminal window
```
git push origin master
```
Check to see which things have been merged into master
Terminal window
```
git branch --merged
```

To delete branch

Check to make sure it’s merged (should show merged branch)
Terminal window
```
git branch --merged
```
Delete local branch
Terminal window
```
git branch -d [branch name]
```

Delete remote branch

git push origin --delete [name of remote branch]

Check everything
Terminal window
```
git branch -a
```
(double check all local and remote branches are deleted)