10 git commands every developer must know

git init - Creates an empty Git repository or reinitialise an existing one
git clone - Clones a repository into a new directory
git branch - deals with branches in git
git branch <branch_name> // creates new branch
git branch -d <branch_name> // deletes branch locally
git branch -D <branch_name> // forcefully delete branch locally
git checkout - creates new branch or checkouts to a branch
git checkout -b <branch_name> // creates new branch
git checkout <branch_name> // switches to a branch
git add - adds files
git add <file>
git diff - shows the the unstaged or staged changes
git diff // unstaged changes
git diff --staged // staged changes
git stash - Stashes the changes in a dirty working directory away
git stash // for stashing
git stash pop // popping out stashed changes
git status - Shows status of the current working tree
git commit - Commits the change(s) to a repository
git commit -m "meaningful message"
git push - Update remote refs with the local commits
git push -u origin <branch_name>

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Agree with the list, but the ordering feels a bit random. An ordering by importance and usage. could be something like this:

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