Basic Git Commands

Clone and Status

clone → cloning a repo on our local machine

git clone <link>

status → display the state of the code

git status

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Basic Commands

change directory

cd

list files

ls

hidden files

ls -a

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Status Types

• untracked → new file that git doesn’t yet track
• modified → changed
• staged → file is ready to be committed
• unmodified → unchanged

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Add and Commit

add → adds new or changed files to staging area

git add <file name>

commit → record of change

git commit -m "some message"

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Push Command

push → upload local repo content to remote repo

git push origin main

push = local → remote

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Pull Command

used to fetch and download content from remote repo

git pull origin main