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March 25, 2025

The Most Common Git Commands

user type, orphan branch, gitignore updates


The most common Git commands


 

user configuration

list and set user credentials globally or locally (for the current working directory)


git config --list --global  
git config --global user.name "Your Name"  
git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com" 
git config --list --local  
git config --local user.name "Your Name"  
git config --local user.email "your_email@example.com"

after the set up, quit the git pager (which is called Less) by q command



 


initializing git in the current working directory

git init
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"
git remote add origin <remote-repository-URL>
git push -u origin master

removing git tracking from the current working directory

rm -rf .git


 


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