gitlab-foss/doc/gitlab-basics/basic-git-commands.md

Basic Git commands

It's important to know some basic commands to work on your shell

• Go into a project, directory or file to work in it

cd NAME-OF-PROJECT-OR-FILE

• Go back one directory or file

cd ../

• Go to the master branch to pull the latest changes from there

git checkout master

• Download the latest changes in the project, so that you work on an up-to-date copy (this is important to do every time you work on a project), while you setup tracking branches

git pull REMOTE NAME-OF-BRANCH -u

(REMOTE: origin) (NAME-OF-BRANCH: could be "master" or an existing branch)

• Create a branch (remember that spaces won't be recognized, you need to use a hyphen or underscore)

git checkout -b NAME-OF-BRANCH

• Work on a branch that has already been created

git checkout NAME-OF-BRANCH

• To see what’s in the directory that you are in

ls

• Create a directory

mkdir NAME-OF-YOUR-DIRECTORY

• Create a README.md or file in directory

touch README.md
nano README.md
#### ADD YOUR INFORMATION
#### Press: control + X
#### Type: Y
#### Press: enter

• To see the changes you've made (it's important to be aware of what's happening and what's the status of your changes)

git status

• Add changes to commit (you'll be able to see your changes in red when you type "git status")

git add CHANGES IN RED
git commit -m "DESCRIBE THE INTENTION OF THE COMMIT"

• Send changes to gitlab.com

git push origin NAME-OF-BRANCH

• Remove a file

rm NAME-OF-FILE

• Remove a directory and all of its contents

rm -rf NAME-OF-DIRECTORY

• Throw away all changes in the Git repository, but leave unstaged things

git checkout .

• Delete all changes in the Git repository, including untracked files

git clean -f

• View history in terminal

history

• Remove all the changes that you don't want to send to gitlab.com

git add NAME-OF-FILE -all

• Merge created branch with master branch. You need to be in the created branch

git checkout NAME-OF-BRANCH
git merge master

• Carry out commands for which the account you are using lacks authority. (You will be asked for an administrator’s password)

sudo