Essential Git Commands

                # Create a new local repository
git init
 
# Clone an existing repository
git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git
            

                # See which files have changed
git status
 
# Add a specific file to staging
git add filename.txt
 
# Add all changed files to staging
git add .
            

                # Commit staged changes with a message
git commit -m "Add new feature"
 
# Add all tracked files AND commit in one step
git commit -am "Update existing features"
            

                # List all local branches
git branch
 
# Create a new branch and switch to it
git checkout -b new-feature-branch
 
# Switch back to main
git checkout main
            

                # Fetch latest changes without merging
git fetch origin
 
# Fetch and merge latest changes
git pull origin main
 
# Push your local commits to the remote branch
git push origin new-feature-branch