Git basic commands to use it from terminal

git-commands.sh

# init git repo 
git init

# start git ignore 
touch .gitignore


# clone repo 
git clone <remote-repo-link> <local-repo-folder-name>

# add local repo to remote 
git remote add origin <remote-repo-link>

# remove remote from repo
git remote rm origin

# rename remote
git remote rename origin github


# show remote & local branches 
git branch -av

# show remotes
git remote
git remote -v


# stage all files 
git add --all

# add & commit all changes 
git commit -am"commit msg"

# add & amend commit 
git commit --amend

# push current branch to remote_branch 
git push origin remote-branch-name

# push a local branch to a remote branch 
git push <remote> <local-branch-name>:<remote-branch-to-push-into>

# force push current branch to remote_branch 
git push -f origin remote-branch-name

# force push a local branch to a remote branch 
git push -f <remote i.e origin> <local-branch-name>:<remote-branch-to-push-into>


# Checkout to a remote branch 
git checkout -b <new-local-branch> <remote i.e. origin>/<new-local-branch>

# fetch into a new branch 
git fetch origin 'remote_branch':'local_branch_name'

# fetch all remote commits 
git fetch origin


# reset current branch to specific commit
git reset --hard commit-id
git reset --soft commit-id

# point branch to a specific commit 
git checkout <commit>    #detach from branch
git branch -f <branch-name> HEAD   #exactly as above
git checkout <branch-name> #optionally reattach to <branch>


# merge branch into current head 
git merge <branch-name-to-merge>


# remove file from git but not from file system 
git rm --cached file1.txt
git commit -m "remove file1.txt"


# remove remote branch
git push origin --delete remote-branch-name




# set a git global user name 
git config --global user.name "user_name"

# set a git global attribute file
git config --global core.attributesfile ~/.gitattributes


# generate ssh key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

# copy public ssh key
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | clip

# copy private ssh key
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa | clip