8 Git Commands You Should Know

Learn eight power-user Git commands that can save time, prevent bugs, increase productivity, and reduce frustration.

Introduction

• Git superpowers
• What you should know
• Setting up for Git superpowers
• Using GitHub Codespaces with this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Useful Tricks

• Learn to stash
• Three ways to add changes to Git
• Challenge: Partial add
• Solution: Partial add

2. Mistakes and Fixes

• Pushing code explicitly
• Undoing a commit
• Challenge: Rename commit and move to a different branch
• Solution: Rename commit and move to a different branch

3. Commitments

• Pre-commit
• Log
• Amend, revert
• Challenge: change, commit, revert
• Solution: change, commit, revert

4. The Magic "."

• Open code editor with "."
• Challenge: Fork a repo and code
• Solution: Fork a repo and code

Conclusion

• Next steps