To initiate a git repo in an directory

git init

To view the status

git status

Add all the files

git add .

To commit the changes

git commit -m <commit-message>

To unstage files

git restore --staged <file-name>

To view the history of git

git log

To get back to prev commit or to remove all the commits after a particular commit, All the modified files are moved to unstaged area

git reset <commit hash ID>

To save the progress without commiting or losing the changes (stash)

git add <files> ; git stash

To move all the files in the stash to the unstaged area

git stash pop

To remove al the files in the stash

git stash clear

To add the external repo url to local git

git remote add origin <url>

To view all the urls attached to the git folder

git remote -v

Pushing changes

format : git push <name assigned to url (origin for personal git account)> <branch-name>

git push origin main

force pushing when the we do not have the changes that remote has

git push origin main -f

Creating a new branch

git branch <branch-name>

Switching to the new branch

git checkout <branch-name>

Adding an upstream url(The url of the original git repo from where the you have forked it) after forking a repo

git remote add upstream <url-name>

git fetch

git reset --hard origin/main

git reset --hard <branch-name>

List all branches

git branch --list

Delete a branch

git branch <branch-name> -d

Listing the config of current git repo

git config --list

Listing the global configs

git config --global --list

Getting help e.g. git help branch

git help <command>

Merging many commits into a single commit

M1

git reset <commit-ID of the commit after which all the commits have to be merged>; git add .;git commit -m <message for merging commits>

M2

git rebase -i <commit-ID of the commit after which all the commits have to be merged>