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
```

Git commands

Most common git commands i use on a daily basis

Table of contents

Introduction.

Starter git templates

To Create a Repository

Remote Repositories

Branches

To Observe Your Repository

To Make Changes