Git and Github Commands

1. git config --global user.name "xyz" git config --global user.email "xyz@gmail.com" -> To create a git account and use this on github to login. Use global to set the username for every repository you create git --version to check the git version installed

2. mkdir -> create a new directory

3. cd -> to change the current working directory

4. git init -> to create a empty git repository in the specified folder How to check if it is a git repository? So it has created a hidden file .git inside your folder which can be seen by command ls -la

5. git status -> to check the status of the file if it is part of our repo or not git status --short -> To see status in a shorter format i) Tracked files ii) Untracked files iii) Modified files

6. git add . or filename or --all -> To add the untracked file to the repo but yet are to commited to the repo(Just added)

7. git commit -m "Placeholder" -m "Description"-> To commit the changes made to the repo and reflect it in local machine not at github git commit -am "Placeholder" -m "Description"-> To commit and add the changes made to the file at once to a modified file

8. git clone sshlink -> this will clone the repository into your folder

9. git log -> to view the commits history for the repository

10. git help --all -> to get help for the command If you find yourself stuck in the list view, SHIFT + G to jump the end of the list, then q to exit the view.

11. SSH Keys ->SSH Keys are unique keys with which you can connect to github without any user name or personal access token at each visit.

12. git push -u origin master -> To finally push the files to the github repo

13. git remote add origin (link of repo from github)

14. git remote -v -> To check if it is linked to any repo or not

15. Fork to get another person repo into your repo

16. git branch -> to get list of all the branches

17. git checkout -b newbranch -> to create a new branch and switch between branches

18. git diff branchname-> to check difference between both the branches

19. git branch -d branchname -> to delete the branch

20. git pull in main branch -> to get all the pr which were merged into your local machine Pull is series of two steps fetching and merging