GitLab - Git Commands

Description

Git commands are used for sharing and combining the code easily with other developers.

Following are the some basic Git commands can be used to work with Git −

The version of the Git can be checked by using the below command −

$ git --version

Add Git username and email address to identify the author while committing the information. Set the username by using the command as −

$ git config --global user.name "USERNAME"

After entering user name, verify the entered user name with the below command −

$ git config --global user.name

Next, set the email address with the below command −

$ git config --global user.email "email_address@example.com"

You can verify the entered email address as −

$ git config --global user.email

Use the below command to check the entered information −

$ git config --global --list

You can pull the latest changes made to the master branch by using the below command −

$ git checkout master

You can fetch the latest changes to the working directory with the below command −

$ git pull origin NAME-OF-BRANCH -u

Here, NAME-OF-BRANCH could be 'master' or any other existing branch.

Create a new branch with the below command −

$ git checkout -b branch-name

You can switch from one branch to other branch by using the command as −

$ git checkout branch-name

Check the changes made to your files with the below command −

$ git status

You will see the changes in red color and add the files to staging as −

$ git add file-name

Or you can add all the files to staging as −

$ git add *

Now send your changes to master branch with the below command −

$ git push origin branch-name

Delete the all changes, except unstaged things by using the below command −

$ git checkout .

You can delete the all changes along with untracked files by using the command as −

$ git clean -f

To merge the different branch with the master branch, use the below command −

$git checkout branch-name
$ git merge master

You can also merge the master branch with the created branch, by using the below command −

$git checkout master
$ git merge branch-name