Using Git

For a guick reference guide for daily Git look at this blog It contains a tutorial for Git beginners. Follow references therein. In particular the Git Cheatsheet link.

Git commands to note

Some commands to help you exploit the full power of git to manage your repository. With reference to this blog

git diff : see the difference of local files to remote
git log : inspect the log of commits - history of
git blame : see who changed what and when in
git reflog : show a log of changes to the local repository HEAD. Can show lost work done locally.
git reset --hard HEAD - discard staged and unstaged changes since the most recent commits
git checkout my_commit : discard unstaged changes since my_commit
- git checkout HEAD : to discard changes since the most recent commit
- git cehckout _branch
git revert my_commit: undo the effects of changed in my_commit
git clean -n : delete untrakced fiels in the local working directory
- flags to consider: -n -f -d
git commit --amend : add your staged changes to the most recetn commit
git push my_remote --tags : send all local tags to the remote repository.
git branch : list local branches, option -r to list remote branches
git checkout : switch to local branch
git diff origin/master : difference of local branch to master
git branch --merged/no-merded : list branches that have been merged to HEAD
git branc -d : will delete a local branch if was already merged to the master!