commonly-used-commands.md

Common Commands using git

Commit History

Show all commits, starting with the newest

git log

Commit history of specific file

git log -p <file_name>

# EXAMPLE
git log -p README.md

Commit history by user

git blame <file_name>

#Example
git blame README.md

Branches

List all local branches

git branch

List all local and remote branches

git branch -av

Switch to an existing branch

git checkout <branch_name>

# Example
git checkout jinnabalu/testBranchName

Create a new branch

git checkout -b <brach_name>

# Example
git checkout -b jinnabalu/myNewBranchName

Delete the local branch

git branch -d <branch_name>

# Example
git branch -d jinnabalu/myNewBranchName

## Force delete if not merged
git branch -D jinnabalu/myNewBranchName

Delete remote/origin branch

git push origin --delete <branch_name>

# Example
git push origin --delete jinnabalu/myNewBranchName

Pull and Push

Get the latest from remote

pull: gets latest pushed by someone to the branch

git pull

Push local changes

push: push local changes to the remote branch

git push -u origin <branch_name>

# Example
git push -u origin jinnabalu/myNewBranchName