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Author: Tianle Yuan

Git Basic Commands⚓︎

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Initialize Git repo⚓︎

Initialize the local repository by using: git init

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Check status⚓︎

Create a README.md file:

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Check the status of the local repo by using: git status

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Add changes⚓︎

Add changes into the staging area by using: git add . or git add *

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Recheck the status:

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Commit to the local repo⚓︎

Commit the new snapshot to the local repo: git commit -m "<mesage>"

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Recheck the status:

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Rename branch name⚓︎

Rename the main branch named from master into main by using: git branch -m master main

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Recheck the status:

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Create a branch and switch⚓︎

Create a new branch by using: git branch m_branch_1

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Then switch to the new branch: git checkout m_branch_1

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Or you can do one step instead of the above to command lines: git checkout -b m_branch_1

Recheck the status:

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Merge changes into main⚓︎

Edit the README.md file by: vim README.md

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Commit the new branch: git commit -a -m 'Added encourage sentence'

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Switch back to the main branch and merge the new branch into the main branch: git merge m_branch_1

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Check the commit history⚓︎

Take a look at git log: git log

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Use graph selection in git log: git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all

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More details: git log --graph --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --all

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In Sourcetree:

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Rebase branch⚓︎

We rebase main branch into m_branch_2: git rebase m_branch_2

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Check the folder in different branches:

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Warning

Even though we rebase the main branch onto (or on top of) m_branch_2, since we cannot delete the main branch, there is NO DIFFERENCE WITH rebasing m_branch_2 onto the main branch:

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Squash and merge⚓︎

Look at the commit history below; we want to squash the last three commits on m_branch2 into one:

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We use this rebase command with interactive selection: git rebase -i HEAD~3; Do the edition as below:

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Then it will automatically commit. You should add some commit messages:

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After finishing squash, the terminal will return:

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The commit history will look like this:

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Finally, We merge the m_branch_2 into the main:

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Automatically commit and ask for a commit message:

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The commit history now looks like the below:

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