Git is a distributed version control system (DVCS) widely used for tracking changes in source code during software development. It was created by Linus Torvalds in 2005 to manage the development of the Linux kernel, and since then, it has become one of the most popular version control systems in the world.

Most Used Git commands

git --version # Checks whether your System has Git or not

git init #initializes a new repository

git add <file> #Add file to the staging area

git commit -m "message" #Commit changes with a message

git status #check status of working directory

git log #View commit history

git branch #shows us all the branches

git checkout -b <branch> #Create and switch to the new branch

git merge <branch> #merge changes from another branch

git remote add origin <url> #add a remote repository

git push -u origin <branch> #push changes to remote repository

 git pull origin <branch> #pull changes from the remote repository

git clone <url> #clone a repository from the remote

git config --global user.name "Your name"

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

 git log --author=<author> # show commits logs by a specific author

 git log --grep=<pattern> #show commit logs with messages match a pattern

git revert <commit> #revert a commit

git fsck #checks the integrity of the git repository

git rm <file> #removes a file from the staging area