Useful Git Commands for Git & Github

Git Install:

You can download Git for free from the official Git website: git-scm.com

Git Commands:

After intallation, Check if Git is installed or not:

 $ git --version

 

Set the username and mail:

$ git config --global user.name "[USERNAME]"
$ git config --global user.email "[EMAIL]"

 

Initialize an empty Git repository:

$ git init

 

Start a demo project and check the status of all project files in your repo

1. Untracked [U] refers to new files [created after repo initialization] in the repo
2. Changed [M] refers to modified files in the repo
3. Added/Staged [A] refers to saved [Untracked & Changed files after add them with git add command] files in the repo.

$ git status

 

Add/Stage Untracked or Changed files to be a Staged files, add . to add all files in one time.

$ git add [file.name]
$ git add . 

 

Commit a staged files: Committed files are a save point you can go back to if you find a bug

$ git commit -m "[MESSAGE]"

 

List all commits for a repository:

$ git log 

 

Create new branch:

$ git branch [BRANCH-NAME]

 

List all branches

$ git branch   

 

Moving from the current branch, to specific one:

$ git checkout [BRANCH-NAME]

 

Delete a specific branch:

$ git branch -d [BRANCH-NAME]

 

Merge current branch with specific branch

$ git merge [BRANCH-NAME]

Git Commands for remote GitHub repo:

Go to GitHub and sign up for an account
Remember to use the same e-mail address you used in the Git config.

Create a new repo on GitHub
Push your local repository to GitHub:

$ git remote add origin [GITHUB_REPO_URL]
$ git push -u origin master

Note: Since this is the first time you are connecting to GitHub, you will get some kind of notification to authenticate this connection.

 

Fetch changes from GitHub repo: To see what has changed on GitHub in this repo:

$ git fetch origin

 

Merge current branch with remote GitHub branch:

$ git merge origin/[BRANCH-NAME]

 

Pull [fetch and merge] all changes from a remote repository into the local branch you are working on:

$ git pull origin

 

Push your changes from local repo to GitHub:

$ git push origin

 

Branches on GitHub:
List remote branches:

$ git branch -r

 

Pull Branches:
Create new branch on GitHub and get it local as remote branch:

$ git pull origin

 

Switching to the local new branch and work on it locally:

$ git checkout [NEW_GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME]

 

Push a local new Branch to GitHub:
Create a new local branch and push it to GitHub:

$ git checkout -b [BRANCH-NAME]
$ git push origin [BRANCH-NAME]

 

Now you have a pull request on your GitHub repo you can confirm it and merge it with master branch.

GitHub Pages:

Deploy your website to Github pages:

1. Create new github repo
2. Push your local repo to the remote one that you just created.
3. In your GitHub repo navigate to: [settings] then: [pages]
4. If your repo has more than one branch, Select the one that contains your website to deploy it on GitHub pages.

you will get the link to your website as [USERNAME.github.io/YOUR_REPO_NAME]

 

To deploy on the root [USERNAME.github.io]
Create a new repo with specific name [USERNAME.github.io]
then repeat the steps from 2 to 4