GitCommands.md

Git commands

View the status of your staging area

$ git status

Add one file to staging area

$ git add myfile.py

Add multiple files to staging area

$ git add .

Commit all staged files

$ git commit

Commit all modified unstaged files

$ git commit -a

View all remote branches

$ git branch -r

Get all remote branches

$ git pull

Checkout an existing remote branch

$ git checkout githubBranch

Create a new local branch

$ git checkout -b myNewLocalbranch

Push a newly created local branch to remote

$ git push -u origin myNewLocalBranch

Push to remote when local branch and remote branch exist and have the same name

$ git push

Incorporate all changes that are in the remote tracking branch into your local branch

$ git pull

View history of all commits

$ git log

Reset your working directory to a pristine state (Note this will wipe out any changes you made)

$ git reset HEAD --hard