Useful git commands

Lets have a look at some of the useful git commands 

Get a clone of the remote repository

• git clone <remote repository link>

Get a pull from the remote branch

• git pull <remote branch name>

Get a pull from the remote branch and rebase the remote branch with the local branch

• git pull --rebase origin <branch name>

Get all the branches from the remote repository 

• git fetch --all

Push the changes to remote

• git push origin <branch-name>
• git push origin <branch-name> --force #force push the changes

Checkout a branch

• git checkout <branch name>

Checkout a new branch from the current branch

• git checkout -b <branch name>

Add a file to commit

• git add  <filename> #Adds 1 file
• git add --all #Adds all the files including tracked and un-tracked files

Commit with a message

• git commit -m "message name"

Stash the current changes and make branch pristine

• git stash

Un-stash the last changes which were stashed ( hence make the branch dirty)

• git stash apply

Delete branch

• git push :<branchname> # delete remote branch name
• git branch -d <branchname> #delete local branch name
• git branch -D<branchname>#force delete local branch name 

Change the last commit message 

• git commit --amend -m "New commit message"

Change remote branch name 

• git branch <new-branch-name> <origin old-branch-name> #change remote branch name with the new name
• git push origin <new-branch-name> #push the new branch with the new name
• git push origin :<old-branch-name> #delete the old branch branch
• git push -D <old-branch-name>

Change local branch name

• git branch -m <old-branch-name> <new-branch-name> #If you want to rename any branch
• git branch -m <new-branch-name> #If you want to change the current branch

Reset last commit 

• git reset --hard HEAD~1
• git push origin <branch-name> --force # This step will push the reverted changes back to the remote

Reset last commit but keep the changes in local branch

• git reset HEAD~1

Rebase your current branch changes with the local master branch

• git rebase origin/master

Merge your changes with the master branch

• git merge <branch-name> --no-ff  #Creates a commit for merge and does the merge with fast-forward mechanism

Get git commit history in a compact way

• git log oneline