topic: Useful Git commands
You are going to need to execute a few git commands in order to succeed at bootcamp. Here is a bit of a cheat-sheet. Make sure that you can use all of this stuff!
| git command |
Function |
git clone repo url |
Clones the repo to your local machine. |
git checkout -bname-of-your-new-branch |
This creates a new branch from the branch you had and checks that branch out (meaning that you are now working on that branch). |
git status |
Returns the current working branch. If a file is in the staging area, but not committed, it shows with git status. Or, if there are no changes it will return nothing to commit, working directory clean. |
git push |
Pushes the changes you have made, saved, and committed locally to the remote repo. |
git push --set-upstream origin branch name |
Sets the upstream and enables you to push to the correct branch using the git push command. |
git add file name |
Adds the specified file to the staging area so that it is ready to be committed. |
git add . |
Adds all files with saved changes to the staging area so they are ready to commit NB! always check git status before using git add . |
git commit -m "*your commit message*" |
Record the changes made to the files to a local repository. For easy reference, each commit has a unique ID. It is best practice to include a message with each commit explaining the changes made in the commit. Adding a commit message helps to find a particular change or to understand the change. |
git status |
Shows what files were changed since your last commit. |
git diff |
Shows how files changed since your last commit. This is like a very informative version of git status. |
Common Git Commands with Explications and examples of usage