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Git Commands

Git Notes

git init: initialize current folder as a git repository
git clone <url>: brings the git repo from <url> to the current folder
git status: tells us what we need to know about our repository
git add <FILE>: adds <FILE> to the stagin area
git commit: open a text editor to write commit message
- git commit -m "MESSAGE": writes MESSAGE as a commit without a text editor
git log: shows the log (history) of our commits
- git log --oneline: shows the shorter oneline log (history) of our commits
git diff: compare current uncommitted state with the last known git state
- git diff --staged: runs git diff between the staging aread and the last known state
git diff <HEAD~<NUMBER>: compares HEAD with commit <NUMBER> ago (relative)
git diff <HASH>: compares HEAD with the commit in <HASH>
git restore --source <HASH or HEAD~> <FILE>: restore FILE to <HASH or HEAD~>
git checkout <HASH or HEAD~> <FILE>: restore FILE to <HASH or HEAD~>
- git checkout <HASH or HEAD~>: if you forget file, you end up in detached HEAD state
- git checkout main: go back to main
- git switch -: go back to main

git remote add <NAME> <URL>: adds the <URL> as a remote with the name <NAME>
- <NAME> is by convention called origin
git remote rm <NAME>: removes the remote calles <NAME>
git remote -v: look at all the remotes you have
git push <WHERE> <WHAT>: pushes the <WHAT> branch to <WHERE>
git pull <WHERE> <WHAT>: pulls the <WHAT> branch in <WHERE> to the local computer

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