wlh-15/git-cheat-sheet

A simple cheat sheet for using git

Terminal Commands

• pwd - show's your present working directory(where you are in your file tree)

• ls - lists available scripts(where you can navigate to in your file tree)

• cd - changes directory to one you select

• mkdir - creates a directory(folder)

• touch - creates a file

• rm filename - removes a file

• rm -rf foldername - removes a folder and everything in it. Be VERY sure of what is being deleted before running this command

Git

Git is the version control tools that we can use in our command line to interact with our Github.

Git Clone

First you need to copy the url for the github repo that you wish to clone down to your local machine then navigate to the directory that you want to clone the repo into. Once you are in the correct directory run:

git clone "url for github repo"

Git Init

git init is the command that will initialize your project to be tracked by git.

Git Status

git status is the command you can run to check what stage of the process you are on to push your code to github.

run:

git status

Git Add

git add . is the command you can run to start the process of pushing your code to github. git add . will stage all files that have any changes being tracked.

run:

git add .

Git Commit

After staging your code using git add . we now need to commit our changes. This is the final step we will take before pushing our code to github. Think about commits as check points or save points in your code. You will need to provide a message about the commit using the -m flag.

run:

git commit -m 'message about your changes'

Git Push

After staging and commiting your code, it is now ready to be pushed up to github. When your code is ready to be pushed, run:

git push origin master