Git basics for day to day work

Welcome to Git basics!
This is a very basic touch up on everyday git usage.
Git is a Distributed Version Control System (DVCS), created by Linus Torvalds, primarily to address collaboration issues.

I. CLONE COMMANDS: git clone

1. Clone a repository into a new directory

   $ git clone <URL>

2. Clone a repository into a new custom directory myApp

   $ git clone <URL> myApp

3. Clone a specific branch develop

   $ git clone -b develop <URL>

4. Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number of commits

   $ git clone <URL> --depth=2

5. Create a shallow clone with a history after the specified time.

   $ git clone <URL> --shallow-since=yyyy-mm-dd

6. Clone by providing credentials in-line

   $ git clone <protocol>://<username>:password@<domain>/repo-name.git --shallow-since=yyyy-mm-dd

In the above example,

• protocol can be : https, git, ssh, ftp
• username and password are the credentials that has access to clone this repository.
• domain is the git host. Ex. github or bitbucket or gitlab, etc.

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II. CHECKOUT COMMANDS: git checkouy

Checking for modifications done in local

$ git status

Adding your locally changed files for staging

To add a specific file:

$ git add <file-path>

To add all the files at once:

$ git add --all
# OR
$ git add .

Committing the changes to local repository

$ git commit -m 'my commit message'

Pushing the changes to remote

$ git push
# OR
$ git push origin master

Pulling the latest changes from remote

$ git pull