Every Day Git Commands

Every day Git commands for developers #

git

Here are some day to day useful git commands

Show all remotes #

This show origin and upstream remotes

git remote -v
git remote show origin #shows branches, tags etc.
git remote show upstream #shows branches, tags etc.

Add upstream remote #

(vs origin remote)

git remote add upstream git@github.com:username/git-repo.git

Remove a remote file #

Remove a remote file or directory from a Git repository without deleting it from the local filesystem

For single file: #

git rm --cached myremotefiletodelete.log
git commit -m "remove file from repo"
git push

For single directory: #

git rm --cached -r myremotedirectortytodelete
git commit -m "remove folder from repo"
git push

Shortcut add & commit all files #

Without shortcut

git add .
git commit -m "commit message"

With shortcut

git commit -am "commit message"

Show git history #

using pretty format

git log --pretty=format:"%h - %an, %ar : %s"