Mastering Git: Essential Commands for Version Control

This article provides a comprehensive guide to the most essential Git commands every developer should know. From initializing a repository to branching, merging, and resolving conflicts, we cover the fundamental commands that will help you manage your codebase efficiently.

𝟭.𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳: Show file differences not yet staged.

𝟮. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 -𝗮 -𝗺 "𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲": Commit all tracked changes with a message.

𝟯. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀: Show the state of your working directory.

𝟰. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲_𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵:Add file(s) to the staging area.

𝟱. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 -𝗯 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵_𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲: Create and switch to a new branch.

𝟲. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵_𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲: Switch to an existing branch.

𝟳. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 --𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱:Modify the last commit.

𝟴. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵_𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲: Push a branch to a remote.

𝟵. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹: Fetch and merge remote changes.

𝟭𝟬. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 -𝗶: Rebase interactively, rewrite commit history.

𝟭𝟭. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲: Create a local copy of a remote repo.

𝟭𝟮. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲: Merge branches together.

𝟭𝟯. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗴 --𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁: Show commit logs with stats.

𝟭𝟰. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗵: Stash changes for later.

𝟭𝟱. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗽: Apply and remove stashed changes.

𝟭𝟲. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁_𝗶𝗱: Show details about a commit.

𝟭𝟳. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗~𝟭: Undo the last commit, preserving changes locally.

𝟭𝟴. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁-𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 -𝟭 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁_𝗶𝗱: Create a patch file for a specific commit.

𝟭𝟵. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵_𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲_𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲: Apply changes from a patch file.

𝟮𝟬. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵 -𝗗 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵_𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲: Delete a branch forcefully.

𝟮𝟭. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁: Undo commits by moving branch reference.

𝟮𝟮. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁: Undo commits by creating a new commit.

𝟮𝟯. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆-𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁_𝗶𝗱: Apply changes from a specific commit.

𝟮𝟰. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵: Lists branches.

𝟮𝟱. 𝗴𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁 --𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱: Resets everything to a previous commit, erasing all uncommitted changes.