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Setup:

git config --global user.email "email"

It sets your Git user email address. This email will be associated with your commits and will be visible to others collaborating on the project.

git config --global user.name "firstname lastname"

1. Initialization:

git init

git clone [url]

git clone: It retrieves an existing Git repository from a remote hosting service (like GitHub) and creates a local copy on your machine

2. Staging Your Work

git add [file]

git diff

git diff: It display the differences between working directory and the staging area.

3. Committing Changes

git commit -m "[message]"

The [message] provides a brief description of the changes made.

4. Inspect

git status

git status: It provides a quick overview of the current state of your working directory.
It shows unstaged changes, staged changes, and untracked files

git log

git log: It displays a log of all your commits, including the commit message, and date.

5. Share & Update

git remote add [alias] [url]

git remote add: To add a remote repository.
[alias]: This is a user-defined alias or nickname you assign to the remote repository for easier identification.
(e.g., “origin”, “upstream”, “work”).
[url]: This is the URL of the remote repository you want to connect to

git push [alias] [branch_name]

git push : To push your local commits to the remote repository’s specified branch (master or main).

git pull

git pull: Fetch the changes from the remote repository and merge them into the local branch.

6. Branch

git branch [branch-name]

git branch branch-name: creates a new branch, allowing to work on a separate feature

git branch

git checkout [branch-name]

git merge [branch_name]

git merge: the changes from another branch (master or main) into your current branch.

Essential Git Commands for Developers