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1. Essential Git commands

By codeschris

• git init: initialize a repository to be pushed to GitHub
• git add project-file: stage files to be committed
• git commit:
  • (-m "commit message"): commit changes with a small message
  • leave blank: commit changes with a detailed message
• git branch:
  • (-M branch_name): renaming a branch
  • leave blank: checking branches available in the repo
  • (--delete branch_name): delete a branch
• git remote add origin https://url-of-the-project: connecting your origin (project in Git) to remote (local project)
• git push:
  • (-u origin branch_name): pushing to a new branch in origin
  • leave blank: pushing to existing branch in origin
• git pull:
  • leave blank: Pull new changes to your local repo
  • (--allow-unrelated-histories): Allow unrelated histories from a branch that isn't connected/pulling from upstream