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category-title: Intermediate commands
category-page: intermediate
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author: Andrea Brites Marto
title: git
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<p>
	If you want to use <i>Git</i> on the shell you need to know how this command works (usually it is preinstalled on Mac and Linux).
	The <code>git</code> command providesa set of high-level operations and full access to internals.

	Here is the basic syntax but sometimes you will may have some more complicated:

	<pre>
		git [flags] [path]
	</pre>

	First of all, you need to know if you have the right version of git with:

	<pre>
		git --version
	</pre>

	Now that we know that we have the right version, we can move to the common <code>git</code> flags used.
	I will divide commands in different type of operation.<br>

	<h3>Start a working area</h3>
	<ul>
		<li>-clone: is used to clone a repository in a new directory.</li>
		<li>-init: this onw is used to create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one.</li>
	</ul>

	<h3>Work on the current changes</h3>
	<ul>
		<li>-add: add a file contents to the index.</li>
		<li>-mv: move or renamea file, directory or a symlink (a symbolic link).</li>
		<li>-rm: remove files from the working tree and from the index.</li>
	</ul>

	<h3>History and state</h3>
	<ul>
		<li>-log: show commit logs.</li>
		<li>-status: show the working tree status.</li>
	</ul>

	<h3>Managing modification</h3>
	<ul>
		<li>-commit: record changes to the repository.</li>
		<li>-diff: show changes between commits.</li>
		<li>-merge: merge two or more development histories together.</li>
		<li>-pull: fetch from and update your local directory with the repository.</li>
		<li>-push: update the remote repository with your changes.</li>
	</ul>
</p>