Some useful GIT commands

·       git clone -b BRANCH_NAME https://USERNAME@URL.git DIR_NAME

This clones the entire remote branch into the local computer. Remember the git URL should be the one that is ending with. git and DIR_NAME is the directory in the local computer where you want to clone the repository. If you don’t specify the DIR_NAME, the default location will be the %USER% directory

·       git remote add origin https://URL.git

This will add the remote git URL value in the local git configurations so that files can be pushed and pulled from the remote repository.

·       git status

This command will show the set of activities that have taken place since the last checkout. This includes the set of files that have changed, the set of files that are staged for commit and that are not staged for commit, the files that are modified and so on.

·       git add ITEM

This command will add the files for commit. This can be files, folders

There are many variations of using this command if you want to add files in bulk

git add -A  stages ALL the files

git add .   stages new and modified, WITHOUT DELETED

git add -u  stages modified and deleted, WITHOUT NEW

·       git commit -m "Some message"

This command will commit the files with a commit message

·       git remote -v

This command will show the show the remote repository URL

·       git push --set-upstream origin BRANCH_NAME

This command will push the committed files to the remote repository

·       git pull origin BRANCH_NAME

This command will pull any changes from the remote repository.

·       git init

This command will initialize a GIT repository in the local machine

·       git remote rm BRANCH_NAME

This command will remove a branch from the remote repository

·       git merge BRANCH_NAME

If you want to merge a branch2 with branch1, use this command. The steps will be

       git checkout branch1

         git merge branch2

To delete a local branch - git branch -d branch_name