--- title: 5+1 Basic GIT Commands you Need for Hacktoberfest 2022 description: A beginner-friendly guide covering the six essential Git commands needed to contribute to open source projects during Hacktoberfest: clone, checkout, add,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-1-basic-git-commands-you-need-for-hacktoberfest-2022-nmmcnelzf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5+1 Basic GIT Commands you Need for Hacktoberfest 2022 | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-friendly guide covering the six essential Git commands needed to contribute to open source projects during Hacktoberfest: clone, checkout, add,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-1-basic-git-commands-you-need-for-hacktoberfest-2022-nmmcnelzf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nMmCNELZf.png og:image:alt: 5+1 Basic GIT Commands you Need for Hacktoberfest 2022 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5+1 Basic GIT Commands you Need for Hacktoberfest 2022 **[Playful Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/playfulprogramming)** · [@balastrong](https://daily.dev/balastrong) · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A beginner-friendly guide covering the six essential Git commands needed to contribute to open source projects during Hacktoberfest: clone, checkout, add, status, commit, and push. 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