Git Commands

Conventions
<NEW_BRANCH_NAME> = New branch name
<BRANCH_NAME> = Current branch name
<COMMIT_MESSAGE> = Message for commit/Description of changes/Message will be shown in Git.
<SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME> = The branch which you want to merge
<COMMIT_CODE> = Every commit will be assigned a unique commit code.

Branch Creation
git branch <NEW_BRANCH_NAME>
git checkout <NEW_BRANCH_NAME>
OR
git checkout -b <NEW_BRANCH_NAME>

Switching to a branch
git checkout <BRANCH_NAME>
OR
git switch <BRANCH_NAME>

Pull Latest Code
git pull origin <NEW_BRANCH_NAME>
OR
git pull

Stash changes in the Branch
git stash
Use the below command to get the changes back to the branch.
git stash pop

Upload Code
git add .
git commit -m "<COMMIT_MESSAGE>"
git push origin <BRANCH_NAME>

Merging
git merge <SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME>

Revert changes
git revert -m 1 <COMMIT_CODE>

Delete local branch
git branch -d <BRANCH_NAME>

Remove committed changes from PR or Branch
git reset --soft Head~1
git reset HEAD .idea/
git commit -m ".idea folder ignored" -> ".idea folder ignored" is commit message
git push origin <BRANCH_NAME> -f

Remove the committed file from local changes

git reset HEAD path/to/unwanted_file

Remove the committed files from the commit
git rm --cached <file>
git commit --amend
# Examples
git rm --cached "30-seconds.txt"
git commit --amend
# Removes 30-seconds.txt from the last commit

Rename the local branch
git branch -m <NEW_BRANCH_NAME>

To get all remote branches to the local
git fetch

Updating the git configurations
git configuser.name<USER_NAME>
git configuser.email<USER_EMAIL>

Update .gitignore file:
- Make changes in the .gitignore file.
- Run git rm -r --cached . command. /
- Run git add . command and git commit -m "Commit message" or just git commit or continue working. What is really important here is step 2. And remember to just run git add . the command before doing any commit.

Changing Your Repo's Language in GitHub: Please refer to the below link for more information on this topic.
https://dev.to/katkelly/changing-your-repo-s-language-in-github-5gjo

Git Worktree: Refer to the video below for more information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntM7utSjeVU
git worktree add ../<FOLDER_NAME> <BRANCH_NAME>
git worktree remove .

Stay tuned... I'll update this post with more commands later 👋