Git is an open-source software and distributed version control system. It helps developers easily handle different versions of a source code. With it, you can know who did what, when, and why. Nowadays, Git has become a must-have tool for any developer, and knowing Git commands is essential for the developers to use Git to its full potential. There are hundreds of Git commands, but only a few significant commands are used regularly.

In this article, you will learn the most helpful Git commands that will take you to the next level in development:

• git init
• git clone
• git branch
• git checkout
• git add
• git commit
• git push
• git pull
• git merge
• git status

#1 git init

The git init command lets us create a new Git repository. This is the first command to start a new project in a GitHub repository. Go to the directory that contains your project files and run the git init command. A hidden .git subdirectory will be added to it.

Usage

$ git init

You can also provide a repository name with the git init command.

$ git init <your repository name>

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