Git basics and continued ...! Add all the deleted files using 'git add -u'. This will add all the files in git including the deleted files. If you only want to add deleted files, try: git ls-files --deleted | xargs git commit Once you clone a project, check out the branches present using, git branch -a or git branch -r for remote branches. See the contents of any object using git show Check for the space occupied by object database to git count-objects -v git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx To check if connection to host is established. ssh -vT git@github.com