Git Command Summary

Section 3.9 Git Command Summary

It will take a while for this process and all of the commands to become a natural part of the way you work. Until that happens it is often useful to have a short concise cheat sheet of the command for accomplishing each task.

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Exercises

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Match the tasks on the right with the appropriate git command listed on the left.

git log
Display recent commits made to the active branch.
git branch <branch>
Create a new feature branch.
git switch <branch>
Change the active branch
git status
Check the current state of your local repo.
git status <file name>
Display the changes that you made to a file.
git stage <file name>
Stage changed files to be committed to the repo.
git add <file name>
Another way to stage changed files for a commit.
git commit -m "message"
Commit staged files with a message.
git push <remote repo name> <branch>
Push a feature branch to your origin.

Hint.

Note that the tasks listed are in approximately the same order as they appear in the sections of this chapter.

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