Here are some git commands that you will normally use in a git version controlled project repository.
Commit
For Commiting all modified files use
git commit -am”Message”
Status
For checking the status of the git repository use
git status
Log
For getting the information about the Git checkins use…
git log
To Print in a convenient one line use
git log —oneline
Get the short log
git shortlog
Add Updated Files
To Add all the modified files to the git repository…
git add -u
Add all newly created files
git add -A
Checkout
git checkout file_name
Clean the local repository
git clean -n
Ignore Files
First you have to add the .gitignore file.
vim .gitignore
Then write the files and folders you want to ignore…
For example, if you want to ignore files in logs directory
You can write the file contents like this…
/log
/logs/*.txt
.logs/log.txt
Don’t forget to commit the .gitignore file as well.
Clone
Clone the whole repository to your local repository
git clone clone_url
To find the git url you have cloned
git remote -v
Tag a Repository
This will tag the repository with name “Version1.0”
git tag Version1.0
Update a Repository
git pull