Commands:

Branches:

• list the brnaches:

  git branch

• swtich branch:

  git checkout other-branch

• rename the local branch:

  git branch -m master main

• delete a local branch:

git branch -d branch_name

• delete a local branch but force:

git branch -D branch_name

• to delete a remote branch:

git push origin --delete <remote-branch-name>

Merge:

• Merge a specific file from another branch to the master branch:

git checkout feature-branch -- example.txt

Push:

• push the changes to an added repo:

  git push -u origin main

• push the changes to the added repo force:

git push origin master --force

• Update Local Repositories

  git fetch --all

History:

• Basic Commit History:

git log

• Limit the Number of Commits:

git log -n 5

• Detailed Commit Information:

git log -p

• filter by file:

git log -- filename.txt

Other:

• check your ssh connection to github:

ssh -T [email protected]

• Check the Current Remote URL:

git remote -v

• Change/Set remote URL but HTTP:

git remote add origin https://github.com/username/repository.git

• Change/Set remote URL but SSH:

git remote set-url origin [email protected]:username/repository.git