Git Useful commands

Github project creation: 

Steps:  

echo "# audio" >> README.md

git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/yourGitRepositoryLink
git push -u origin main

 Update password 

git remote set-url origin https://{new url with username replaced}

git remote set-url origin https://YOURUSERNAME:YOURPASSWORD@1.1.1.1.1/yourteam/appname.git

Git commands list:

• #1 -git create branch 

mac-YourName:~ username$ git checkout -b feature-branch master 

• #2 -git force pull 

mac-YourName:~ username$ git pull 

# 2.1 - overwrite local with git pull 

mac-YourName:~ username$ git stash

mac-YourName:~ username$ git pull 

• #3 - git remove untracked files 

do a dry-run to see what will be deleted 

mac-YourName:~ username$ git clean -n -d  

after, do git clean to delete it 

ac-YourName:~ username$ git clean -f -d  

• #4 - git unstage

        adding files to the working tree means you are adding them to the staging area, means you are staging them. 

    mac-YourName:~ username$ git add 

      If you want git to stop tracking specific files on the working tree, you need to remove them from your stage files... 

mac-YourName:~ username$ git rm -cached <file-name> 

to leave the entire working tree untouched, unstage all files. 

mac-YourName:~ username$ git reset  

• #5 - git undo merge 

        Checkout master branch : $git checkout master 

        Get list of all merge commit : $git log --oneline 

        Revert merge by commit : $git revert -m 1 <merge-commit-id>

        Commit the revert and push changes to the remote repo : $git commit -m "revert merge #123 "

• #6 - git remove files on remote 

        Remove files: $git rm <file-1> <file-2>

        Commit your changes : $git commit -m "removing files"

        Push changes : $git push 

• #7 - git uncommit 

keep changes from commit you want to undo: $git reset --soft HEAD^

destroy changes from commit you want to undo: $git reset --hard HEAD^




• #8 - git diff between branches 

        $git diff branch_1..branch_2 

        produce difference : $git diff master...branch_test 

        compare difference : $git diff branch1:file branch2:file  

• #9 - git delete tag 

delete tag from remote is origin: $git push origin :refs/tags/<tag-name> 

delete tag locally: $git tag -d <tag-name> 




• #10 - git rename branch 

        checkout branch to rename: $git checkout <old-name>

        rename branch locally: $git branch -m <new-name>

        delete old branch from remote: $git push origin :<old-name> <new-name>

        reset the upstream branch for the new branch name: $git push origin -u <new-name>