Commands

Initial configuration

Define a name

git config --global user.name "Your name"

Define an email

git config user.email "your@email.com"

This config is necessary for commits.

Start a project

Init a repository in the current folder

git init

Clone an existing repository

git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git

Workflow

View the status of modified files

git status

Add a file to track

git add file.txt

Add all updated files

git add .

Add changes

git commit -m "Description message"

Push to remote repository

git push origin main

Retrieve the updates

git pull

Branches

Show the current branch

git branch

List all branches

git branch -a

Create a new branch

git branch new-branch

Switch branches

git checkout branch-name

Create and Switch on a branch

git checkout -b branch-name

Merge a branch

git merge branch-name

Collaboration

Add a new remote repository

git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git

List remote repositories

git remote -v

Retrieve changes without merging

git fetch

History

View history of commits

git log

See the differences between files

git diff

Cancel a modified file (before commit)

git restore file.txt

Useful commands

Stash (save temporarily)

git stash

Apply a stash

git stash pop

Delete a file from the trace

git rm file.txt

Rename / Move a file

git mv old-name new-name

Create a tag

git tag v1.0.0

Reminder

git help [commande]

Pull Request

Create PR

gh pr create --title "New fonctionnality" --body "Detailed description" --base <branch>

• title: title of the PR.
• --body: modifications description.
• --base: the vised branch.

You can also use this command, to launch the interactiv assistant without arguments.

gh pr create

List opened PR

gh pr list

Approuve a PR

gh pr review <PR_NUMBER> --approve