ONS Campus for Data Science - Module 1
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Git Command Glossary
It was good to relearn Git. Before it was 50/50 if I merged correctly.
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
git init |
initialises a git repo in your current directory |
git add <file name> |
adds a specific file to be tracked by git and any changes made |
git add . |
adds all untracked files and changes made |
git status |
informs you whether changes have been made to the repo (new, untracked, deleted or renamed files) |
git commit |
commits all changes / new files added |
git commit -m "your message here" |
commits all changes / new files with a user defined message |
git checkout <branch name> |
moves to the specified repo, it must exist beforehand |
git checkout -b <branch name> |
creates an new branch with a specified name and moves to it |
git merge <source branch> <target branch> |
attempts to merge the source branch with the target branch, you must be on the target branch to do this |
git branch -d <branch name> |
deletes the branch if it has been merged |
git branch -D <branch name> |
deletes branch regardless of if it has been merged |
git fetch |
retrieve all tracking information about the remote repo |
git pull <remote name> <branch name> |
merges the remote branch down to the local branch |
git push <remote name> <branch name> |
merges the local branch up to the remote branch |
