Basic Git commands
Here is a list of some basic Git commands to get you going with Git.
For more detail, check out the Atlassian Git Tutorials for a visual introduction to Git commands and workflows, including examples.
| Git task | Notes | Git commands |
|---|---|---|
| Tell Git who you are | Configure the author name and email address to be used with your commits. Note that Git strips some characters (for example trailing periods) from |
|
git init | ||
| Create a working copy of a local repository: | git clone /path/to/repository | |
| For a remote server, use: | git clone username@host:/path/to/repository | |
| Add one or more files to staging (index): | git add <filename> git add * | |
| Commit changes to head (but not yet 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 | |
| Status | List the files you've changed and those you still need to add or commit: | git status |
If you haven't connected your local repository to a remote server, add the server to be able to push to it: | git remote add origin <server> | |
| List all currently configured remote repositories: | git remote -v | |
| Create a new branch and switch to it: | git checkout -b <branchname> | |
| Switch from one branch to another: | git checkout <branchname> | |
| List all the branches in your repo, and also tell you what branch you're currently in: | git branch | |
| Delete the feature branch: | git branch -d <branchname> | |
| Push the branch to your remote repository, so others can use it: | git push origin <branchname> | |
| Push all branches to your remote repository: | git push --all origin | |
| Delete a branch on your remote repository: | git push origin :<branchname> | |
Update from the remote repository
| Fetch and merge changes on the remote server to your working directory: | git pull |
| To merge a different branch into your active branch: | git merge <branchname> | |
View all the merge conflicts: View the conflicts against the base file: Preview changes, before merging: |
git diff <sourcebranch> <targetbranch> | |
| After you have manually resolved any conflicts, you mark the changed file: | git add <filename> | |
Tags | You can use tagging to mark a significant changeset, such as a release: | git tag 1.0.0 <commitID> |
| CommitId is the leading characters of the changeset ID, up to 10, but must be unique. Get the ID using: | git log | |
| Push all tags to remote repository: | git push --tags origin | |
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> | |
| 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 | |
Search | Search the working directory for foo(): | git grep "foo()" |