Basic Git Commands

List Local Branches

git branch

Commit

git commit -am 'Commit comment'

Create a New Branch

# Go to the base branch first
git checkout -b new_branch_name

Switch to an Existing Branch

git checkout branch_name

Push a Local Branch to a Remote (GitHub)

git push -u origin branch_name

Pull Changes from a Remove (GitHub)

# Switch to a branch to merge the remote to the local
git pull

Merge

# Go to the target branch
git merge --no-ff current_branch target_branch