git

git is a useful platform for software project management where it gives you speed and efficiency when handling larger or smaller projects.
git keeps track of your workflow and editing ,branching , merging and debugging the code is granted to different users.

• git config
• git config –global user.name “[name]”
• git config –global user.email “[email address]”
• git init 
• initiates git
• git clone
• clones git project to the current directory
• git add
• adding files to the staging area.
• git commit
• git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”
• records the files in the staging area permanently in the history
• git diff
• shows the files differences which are not yet staged
• git diff –staged
• This command shows the differences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.
• git diff [first branch] [second branch]
• git commit -a
• This command commits any files you’ve added with the git add command and also commits any files you’ve changed since then.
• git reset
• un-stages the file , but preserves the file contents.
• git reset [commit] -undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves changes locally.
• git status
• lists the files that have to be commited
• git rm [file]
• removes files from the staging area.
• git log
• lists the version history of the current branch.
• git log –follow[file] - version history for a selected file.
• git show
• shows the metadata and content changes of a specified commit.
• git tag
• git branch
• git branch [branch name] - creates a new branch.
• git checkout
• switch from one branch to the other.
• git merge
• merges the specified branch name to the current branch.
• git remote
• git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]  
  This command is used to connect your local repository to the remote server.
• git push
• git pull
• git stash

The working flow of a git project is shown below.

pull, fetch , commit add in the local repository

branching , merging and committing.

How to change a recent commit message 

Commit which is not pushed to the remote branch

1. git commit --amend
2. Change the commit message in the text editor 
3. save the changes in the text editor

Commit which is pushed to the remote branch

1. Follow the 3 steps as mentioned above
2. git push --force <branch name>
1. eg: git push --force origin feature/roi-orderahead-calculator.