Command glossary

In this section is useful commands that can be quickly referenced once you are using Git after the course. For a more comprehensive reference, gitexplorer is an excellent resource.

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
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

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