Git Commands

Here’s a breakdown of the Git development workflow, starting from initialization, along with the corresponding commhexands:

Development Flow

1. Initialization

• Purpose: Create a new Git repository to track your project’s files.
• Command: git init

2. Staging Changes

• Purpose: Select which changes you want to include in your next commit.
• Command: git add <file_name> (or git add . to add all changes)

3. Committing Changes

• Purpose: Record a snapshot of your staged changes in the repository’s history.
• Command: git commit -m "Commit message"

4. Branching

• Purpose: Create a new branch to work on a specific feature or bug fix, isolating it from the main development line.
• Command: git checkout -b <branch_name>

5. Working on Your Branch

• Purpose: Make changes to your files, test, and debug your code.
• Commands:
  • git add <file_name> (to stage changes)
  • git commit -m "Commit message" (to record changes)

6. Syncing with Remote Repository (if applicable)

• Purpose: Push your local changes to a remote repository (e.g., on GitHub or GitLab) for collaboration.
• Commands:
  • git remote add origin <remote_url> (to connect to the remote repository)
  • git push origin <branch_name> (to push your branch)

7. Pulling Changes from Remote Repository (if applicable)

• Purpose: Fetch and integrate changes from the remote repository into your local branch.
• Command: git pull origin <branch_name>

8. Resolving Conflicts (if necessary)

• Purpose: Merge changes from different branches or resolve inconsistencies between your local and remote versions.
• Command: git merge <branch_name> (and manually edit files to resolve conflicts)

9. Merging Your Branch

• Purpose: Integrate your completed feature or bug fix into the main development branch (often called main or master).
• Command:
  • git checkout main (switch to the main branch)
  • git merge <branch_name> (merge your branch)

10. Pushing to Remote Repository (if applicable)

• Purpose: Update the remote repository with the merged changes.
• Command: git push origin main