# 10 Git commands every developer should know!

* **GIT CONFIG**
    

GIT CONFIG -GLOBAL USER.NAME "\[NAME\]"

GIT CONFIG -GLOBAL USER.EMAIL "\[EMAIL ADDRESS\]"

This is used for to sets the author name and email address respectively to be used with your commits.

* **GIT INIT**
    

GIT INIT \[REPOSITORY NAME\]

This command is used to start a new repository.

* **GIT COMMIT**
    

GIT COMMIT -M "\[TYPE IN COMMIT MESSAGE\]"

This is used to records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.

* **GIT ADD**
    
    GIT ADD \[FILE\]
    
    This is used to adds a file to the staging area.
    
    GIT ADD\*
    
    This is used to adds one or more to the staging area.
    
* **GIT CLONE**
    

GIT CLONE \[URL\]

This is used to obtain a repository from an existing url.

* **GIT BRANCH**
    

GIT BRANCH

This is used to lists all the local branches in the current repository.

GIT BRANCH \[BRANCH NAME\]

This is used to creates a new branch.

GIT BRANCH -D \[BRANCH NAME\]

This is used to deletes the feature branch.

* **GIT MERGE**
    

GIT MERGE \[BRANCH NAME\]

This is used to merges the specified branche's history into current branch.

* **GIT PULL**
    

GIT PULL \[REPOSITORY LINK\]

This is used to eftches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory.

* **GIT PUSH**
    

GIT PUSH -ALL \[VARIABLE NAME\]

This is used to pushes all branches to your remote repository.

* **GIT RESET**
    

**GIT RESET \[FILE\]**

This is used to unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.

**GIT RESET \[COMMIT\]**

This is used to undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves the changes locally.

Thank you.