# Basic Git commands

Here is a list of some useful git commands.


### **Initialize empty Git repository**
```
git init
```

### **Stage a file**
```
git add filepath
```

### **Stage all files**
```
git add .
```

### **Commit file changes**
```
git commit -m "commit message"
```

### **Check for staged and unstaged files**
```
git status
```

### **Push committed changes to master branch**
```
git push
```

### **Push committed changes to a particular branch**
```
git push origin branchname
```

### **Force push committed change**
```
git push -f
```

### **Create a new branch**
```
git checkout -b branchname
```

### **Switch to an existing branch**
```
git checkout branchname
```

### **Delete a branch locally**
(first ensure that you are not on the branch you intend to delete)

*to delete branch only if it has already been pushed and merged with the remote branch*
```
git branch -d localBranchName  
```
*delete the branch only if you want to force the branch to be deleted, even if it hasn't been pushed or merged yet*
```
git branch -D localBranchName 
```


### **Delete a branch remotely**
(first ensure that you are not on the branch you intend to delete)
```
git push origin --delete remoteBranchName
```

### **Update current branch with changes from a remote repository**
```
git pull
```

### **Clone a repository**
```
git clone <url>
```

### **Manage connections to remote repositories**

*show URLs of remote repositories*
```
git remote -v
```
*create a new connection to a remote repository*
```
git remote add <shortname> <url>
```
*disconnect the remote from the local repository*
```
git remote remove <name>
```
*rename a remote connection*
```
git remote rename <old-name> <new-name>
```

### **Fix last commit message**
```
git commit --amend -m "correct commit message"
```