Introduction.

In this article, I will be talking about common Git commands I use on a daily basis I hope you find this helpful.

Starter git templates

```jsx
echo "# next-template" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin git@github.com:addegbenga/next-template.git
git push -u origin main
```

To Create a Repository

• Initialize a project folder as a git repository

    git init
  

• Download the repository into your local storage

    git clone <HTTPS link or SSH key>
  

• To Delete already initialized repository

    rm -rf .git
  

Remote Repositories

• Display the connected remote repositories

    git remote
  

• To connect to the remote repository

    git remote add origin <URL>
  

• Push all the commits to the remote repository

    git push <remote> <branch name>
  

Branches

• List all the local branches of the repo

    git branch
  

• Create a new branch locally

    git branch <branch name>
  

• Delete the branch named branch_name

    git branch -d <branch name>
  

• Create and switch to the new branch

    git checkout -b <branch name>
  

• Switch to the branch which already exists

    git checkout <branch name>
  

• Merge the provided branch with the current working branch

    git merge <branch name>
  

• Abort the actions if there are any conflicts

    git merge abort
  

To Observe Your Repository

• Display the state of the working directory and the staging area

    git status
  

• To get the status in short form

    git status -s
  

• Display changes between commits of between commit and saved files

    git diff
  

• Display commit logs and diff output each commit introduces

    git whatchanged
  

To Make Changes

• Stage the un-staged file

    git add <file>
  

• Stage all files together

    git add .
  

• To un-staged files

    git reset
  

• Commit staged files.

    git commit -m "<message>"
  

• Revert back to the previous commit

    git reset -hard
  

• Take uncommitted changes (staged and un-staged) and save them away for later use. Later then reverts them from working copy

    git stash