🚀 Git Help & Common Commands Guide

Git is a powerful version control system, and sometimes you may need help with commands or troubleshooting issues. Here’s how you can get help in Git and some commonly used commands.

📌 Getting Help in Git

Git provides built-in help commands:

1️⃣ Check available commands:

git help

2️⃣ Get help for a specific command:

git help <command>

Example:

git help commit

3️⃣ Shortcut for help pages:

git <command> --help

Example:

git status --help

4️⃣ View help in the terminal itself (without opening manual pages):

git <command> -h

Example:

git log -h

🔥 Common Git Commands

1️⃣ Check Git Version

git --version

2️⃣ Configure Git (Set Username & Email)

git config --global user.name "Your Name"git config --global user.email "your-email@example.com"

3️⃣ Initialize a New Repository

git init

4️⃣ Clone an Existing Repository

git clone https://github.com/username/repository.git

5️⃣ Check the Status of Your Repo

git status

6️⃣ Add Changes to Staging

git add .

7️⃣ Commit Changes

git commit -m "Your commit message"

8️⃣ Push Changes to GitHub

git push origin main

9️⃣ Pull Latest Changes from Remote

git pull origin main

🔟 Create and Switch to a New Branch

git checkout -b feature-branch

1️⃣1️⃣ List All Branches

git branch

1️⃣2️⃣ Merge a Branch

git checkout maingit merge feature-branch

1️⃣3️⃣ Reset Changes

Undo uncommitted changes:

git checkout -- filename

Reset to the last commit:

git reset --hard

1️⃣4️⃣ View Commit History

git log --oneline --graph --decorate --all

💡 Troubleshooting Git Issues

1️⃣ Fix "fatal: Not a git repository"

Run this inside a Git project folder:

git init

2️⃣ Fix "detached HEAD" Issue

git checkout main

3️⃣ Fix Merge Conflicts

1. Open conflicting files.
2. Manually resolve conflicts (<<<<<<<, =======, >>>>>>>).
3. Add and commit changes:

   git add .git commit -m "Resolved merge conflict"
   

🎯 Summary

• Use git help <command> to get help.
• Use git status to check your repo.
• Commit and push changes with git add ., git commit -m "msg", git push origin main.
• Create branches with git checkout -b branch-name.
• Fix merge conflicts manually and commit.