Git Commands

Question 1

git init

Answer 1

create a local git repository in directory

Question 2

git add

Answer 2

move the local git repository to the staging area

Question 3

git commit

Answer 3

commit the local repository to the remote repository

Question 4

git config

Answer 4

set user name and email in main config file
> git config user.name –global
> git config user.email – global

Question 5

git clone

Answer 5

clone git repository from URL

> git clone

Question 6

git status

Answer 6

checks the status of the files you’ve changed in working directory, lists all the files that have been changed

Question 7

git push

Answer 7

added and committed changes, want to push to remote

> git push

Question 8

git pull

Answer 8

grab most recent code from remote

> git pull

Question 9

git branch

Answer 9

lists out all the branches

Question 10

git checkout

Answer 10

switch to another branch

> git checkout or git checkout -b to create and switch to new branch

Question 11

git stash

Answer 11

save changes you don’t want to commit immediately

> git stash (in working directory), git stash apply (to get saved changes back)

Question 12

git merge

Answer 12

merge another branch to your current selected branch

> git merge