Useful GIT Commands

 Initiate Git

git init

Set configuration values
git config — global user.name your name
git config — global user.email your email

Check current status of Git
git status

Add single file in Git
git add filename

Add all file changes to the staging area
git add .

Add all modified / created files in Git
git add *

Check the unstaged changed
git diff

Remove all deleted files from Git repository
git ls-files –deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm

Remove single file from Git repository
git rm filename

Commit
git commit -m “Your comments”

List the commit history
git log

Check the meta data and content changes of the commit
git show commit-hash

List all local branches
git branch

Create a new branch
git branch branch-name

Rename the current branch
git branch -m new-branch-name

Delete a branch
git branch -d branch-name

Switch to another branch
git checkout branch-name

Merge specified branch to the current branch
git merge branch-name

Connect to a remote repository
git remote add name repository-url

Push
git push remote branch
Or
git push -u origin master

Download the content from remote repository
git pull repository-url

Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize local repository
git gc

Temporarily remove uncommitted changes and save those for later use
git stash

Reapply previously stashed changes
git stash apply