basic git cli commands

git_playground.sh

# create repository 
git init 

# status 
git status 

# add a remote called origin with url http://somegit.com/repo/myrepo.git
git remote add origin http://somegit.com/repo/myrepo.git

# stage files 
git add file1.txt file2.txt 

# commit files 

# opens up an editor to add a comment
git commit 

# include the commit message in the command
git commit -m "this is the commit message"

# create a new branch called new-branch
git checkout -b new-branch

# push new branch to remote 
git push origin new-branch


# merge commits from other-branch into new-branch (the currently checked out branch)
git merge other-branch 

# stash uncommitted changes 
git stash 

# recover stashed changes 
git stash pop