CLI: Popular Github Commands

• Command to see the status of your local repository: git status

• Command to add a file to the commit: git add fileName

  • fileName is a placeholder for the name of your actual file.

• Command to commit the changes to your local repository: git commit -am “commit message”

  • -am tells git that you will be adding a commit message to the end of the command.

  • “Commit message” is a placeholder. You should type your own commit message surrounded by quotes.

• Command to push changes from your local repository to the GitHub repository: git push

• Command to pull changes to your local repository from the GitHub repository: git pull

• Command to switch active branch: git checkout branchName

  • branchName is a placeholder for the name of the branch you wish to switch to.

  • If the desired branch was created after your last pull, you should pull again before attempting to switch to it.

• Command to permanently discard local changes to a file: git checkout fileName

  • fileName is a placeholder for the name of your actual file

  • This permanently discards local changes.

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