10 git commands you should know as an iOS developer

Xcoders
Mobile Programming Essentials
2 min readJan 8, 2023
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Here is the list of git commands you should be familiar with as an iOS developer to maintain your project better and remove some of the headaches.

  1. git init: allow us to initialize a new Git repository. When you run this command in a directory, Git will create a new .git directory inside that directory.
  2. git status: is a command that shows the current state of your Git repository. When you run this command, Git will display a list of modified files that are not yet staged, as well as a list of files that have not been committed to the repository.
  3. git clone: This command is used to clone an existing Git repository onto your local machine.
  4. git add: This command is used to add new files to the staging area, which is a place where you can prepare files to be committed to the repository.
  5. git commit: This command is used to commit the changes you’ve made to the staging area to the repository.
  6. git push: This command is used to push your local commits to a remote repository, such as GitHub.
  7. git pull: This command is used to pull the latest changes from a remote repository to your local machine.
  8. git branch: This command is used to create, list, or delete branches in your repository.
  9. git merge: This command is used to merge one branch into another, typically the current branch.
  10. git stash: This command temporarily saves changes you’re not ready to commit to the repository.

It’s a good idea to become familiar with as many of these commands as possible, as Git is a powerful version control system widely used in software development.

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