Git Basics | Develop with Palo Alto Networks

Keep your repo up to date

git clone - creates a local copy of the repository for you to work in
```
git clone https://github.com/username/pan.dev.git
```
Use this when you have not yet created a copy of the repo locally
git pull pulls changes from repository you cloned and merges them into their respective branches
```
git pull
```
Use this when you want to grab changes that have been pushed to the repo you are working on and bring them locally
git fetch reaches out to repository you cloned to ask if there are changes, does not merge them
```
git fetch
```
Use this to see if if there are changes without merging them
git merge merges branch-name into your working branch
```
git merge `branch-name`
```
Use this to get your repo in sync with another branch.
caution this could result in a conflict, more on that later

git checkout checkout a branch or create a new branch and check it out
```
git checkout -b branch-name
```
Use this to switch branches or create a new branch off of your current branch
git branch see which branch you are working in and other available branches
```
git branch
```
Use this to keep track of where you are and which branches you have locally
git status see all files with changes you've made in your working branch
```
git status
```
Use this to see what changes have been made (whether on purpose or accident)
git add <filename> adds a file you've edited to be staged for a commit
```
git add docs/contributing/git_basics
```
Use git status to see which files have changed and git add to pull out only the files you want to commit. git add . will add all changed files.
- git commit takes all staged files and bundles them into a commit
```
git commit -m "summary of the commit"
```
Use this to combine your changes and prepare to push for others
git push takes a commit and pushes it to the repository
```
git push origin branch-name
```
Use this to push the changes to the repository where you can share them with others or merge them into the main branch