git command commands

git_commands.txt

# Clone data from a remote repository to local machine
git clone <repo_url>

# Change dir to the downloaded repo
cd <folder_name>


# Show current branch
git branch 

# Create a new branch for local development(maybe name it same as idsid)
git branch <branch_nm>

# Switch to the new branch 
git checkout <branch_nm>

# pull from the remote repo
git pull origin <branch_nm>

# Gets details about the files
git status

### Create the required program source files / copy the files to the directory if they are present elsewhere

# Add the source files for tracking . Can specify individual file names or use wild cards
git add <filename>

### Addition of files can be verified using 'git status'

# Commit the added files/changes to local repo
git commit -m "Some comment about the change"

## it is a good practice to pull before pushing code changes when multiple people are working on same piece of code

# Push local changes to the remote repo 
git push origin <branch_nm>

## This can be verified by logging into the github website 



## Merging Branches ## 
# Switch to the branch to which you intent to merge
git checkout <target_branch>

#Pull from remote repo to the target branch
git pull origin <target_branch>

# Merge with your updated branch. Provide the merge comments if prompted. 
git merge <branch_nm>

# Push change to remote repo
git push origin <target_branch>

# Switich back to your branch
git checkout <branch_nm>