Commonly used git commands

• git checkout oldbranch # Checkout an existing branch
• git checkout -b newbranchname  # Create a new branch 
• git checkout -b newbranch remote/newbranch # to avoid confusions

• git status  # See your changes

• git branch --all | grep pattern      # All branches in all repos you have added
• git branch                                     # to list local branches

• git push --dry-run     # See what you are going to push
• git push                     # Actually push

• git config branch.branchname.remote    # to see the value
• git config branch.branchname.remote  privatebranch   # to set the value

• git config branch.branchname.merge
• git config branch.branchname.merge branchname # the remote merge branch 

 # Show all commit logs for all commits on branch1 that are not on branch2

• git log branch1 ^branch2 --no-merges 

•   git push origin :branchname    # Delete a remote branch

•  git remote add newrem git+ssh://path.to.git/remote

# Run this as soon as you add a remote repository. To download all branches.

• git fetch
• git fetch remote