Git Basics

Essential Git commands for everyday version control.

Repository Setup

# Initialize a new repository
git init

# Clone a repository
git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git

# Clone with specific branch
git clone -b branch-name https://github.com/user/repo.git

Basic Workflow

# Check status
git status

# Add files to staging
git add file.txt
git add .
git add -A

# Commit changes
git commit -m "Commit message"

# Add and commit in one step
git commit -am "Commit message"

# Push to remote
git push origin main

# Pull from remote
git pull origin main

Viewing History

# View commit history
git log

# Compact log
git log --oneline

# Graph view
git log --oneline --graph --all

# Show changes in commit
git show commit_hash

# Show file differences
git diff
git diff --staged