git_commands.txt

#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73I5dRucCds
#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_0Ok_Gkas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVsySz-h9r4&t=326s     ***best one

to log in type: git config --global user.name "username"
                git config --global user.email "simeon.f.anderson@gmail.com"
to copy/download all the contents of the repo you are working on use:
                git clone [add clone url]
we are in the (master) folder 

git status --- tells you what was modified and what was not modified

to update a file you made changes to and add it to the staging area : git add [filename].md

to commit the changes in the files you added to the staging area and add a message enter: 
git commit -m "[message]"

#committing is documenting the change and finalizing the staging area to push onto the repo

git log -shows you what you did 

****if you aren't cloning a repo you have to add the origin: 
    git remote add origin [url of repo]
    
after adding the origin/or if it alread exits enter: gi push -u origin master 

to get updated information if some one else is working on your github project enter : git pull

git difftool HEAD-- allows you to see the difference between whatever code you had previously vs whatever code you have now

to initialize a repo from the directory you are in use : git init 

ls -la lists all of the files in a directory

- to stop tracking a project in git remove the git file from the directory 
*******initialize a repo from exitising code*************

to ignore files create a .gitignore file 

to remove files from the staging area: git reset [filename]

##########Trsck sn existing repo and develop on it####################
syntax: git clone <url> <where to clone>

view information about the remote repo: git remote -v 
                                        git branch -a
                                        
git remote -v = a location of where the repo is on the local macine
git remote -a = all of the branches in our repo, not only locally but remotely as well

git pull --pulls any changes that have been made since the last time we used it (it could've been used by 
                some one else)