All commands of git/github to work with git for beginners

Here is all the commands of git. With the commands you can work with git very easily.

To initialize git in local working directory / folder in your computer. The command is-

git init

To get folder from github to local folder . The command is-

git clone https://github.com/your-repositiory.git

To see the changes of files in local repository , the command is-

git status

To add the changes of files in stage, the command is-

git add --all 
git add -A

You can use any of the above two commands. Or if you want to add the changes of files of current directory you can use below command-

git add .

To get back from staged files to working directory, the command is-

git reset

To add files in stage only with the files which is not deleted, the command is-

git add *

To add a particular file in stage, the command is-

git add filename.filextension

To add all the files of same extension in stage, the command is-

git add *.fileextension

To commit changes of files in local repository, the command is-

git commit -m "change summary"

To get back all the last commit files to local directory, the command is-

git reset ~Head

To rollback with deleted files , git command is-

git reset --hard

To delete a specific file from directory and add it to stage, the command is-

git rm filename.fileextension

To forcefully delete changed file, the command is-

git rm filename.fileextension -f

To delete changed file in stage but not in working directory, the command is-

git rm --chached

To see the list of all branches, the command is-

git branch

To create new branch and copy the files from main to new branch, the command is-

git branch branch_name

To switch from one branch to another branch, the command is-

git checkout branch_name

To merge one branch with another branch, the command is

git checkout branch_name_you_want_to_merge
git merge branch_name_you_want_to_merge_with -m "merge message"

To push all the files to main branch in github, the command is-

git push origin main

To create a branch in github and push all the files in that branch or to push in already created branch in github, the command is-

git push origin branch_name

Fetch is to get all the changes from github to local repository. To fetch files from github to local repository the command is-

git fetch

To merge fetched files in local repository with files in working directory, the command is-

git merge

To pull files from github to local directory (pull = fetch + merge) . The command is-

git pull