Git is the free and open source distributed version control system that's responsible for everything GitHub related that happens locally on your computer. This cheat sheet features the most important and commonly used Git commands for easy reference.
SETUP
set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history.
git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]”
set an email address that will be associated with each history maker.
git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”
set automatic command-line colouring for Git for easy reviewing.
git config --global color.ui auto
SETUP & INIT
initialize an existing directory as a Git repository
git init
Retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL.
git clone [url]
STAGE & SNAPSHOT
Show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit.
git status
Add a file as it looks now to your next commit.
git add [file]
Unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory.
git reset [file]
Diff of what is changed but not staged.
git diff
Diff of what is staged but not yet committed.
git diff --staged
Commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot.
git commit -m “[descriptive message]”
BRANCH & MERGE
List your branches. A * will appear next to the currently active branch.
git branch
Create a new branch at the current commit.
git branch [branch-name]
Switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory
git checkout
Merger the specified branch's history into the current one.
git merge [branch]
Show all commits in the current branch's history.
git log
INSPECT & COMPARE
Show the commit history for the currently active branch.
git log
Show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB
git log branchB..branchA
Show the commits that changed file, even across renames.
git log --follow [file]
Show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB
git diff branchB...branchA
Show any object in Git in human readable format
git show [SHA]
TRACKING PATH CHANGES
Delete the file from project and stage the removal for commit.
git rm [file]
Change an existing file path and stage the move.
git mv [existing-path] [new-path]
Show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved.
git log --stat -M
REWRITE HISTORY
Apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one.
git rebase [branch]
Clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit
git reset --hard [commit]
SHARE & UPDATE
Add git URL as an alias
git remote add [alias] [url]
Fetch down all the branches from that Git remote
git fetch [alias]
Merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date.
git merge [alias]/[branch]
Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch
git push [alias] [branch]
Fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch.
git pull
TEMPORARY COMMITS
Save modified and staged changes.
git stash
List stack-order of stashed file changes
git stash list
Write working from top of stash stack
git stash pop
Discard the changes from top of stash stack
git stash drop
IGNORING PATTERNS
Save a file with desired patterns as .gitignore with either direct string matches or wildcard globs.
logs/
*.notes
pattern*/
System wide ignore pattern for all local repositories.
git config --global core.excludesfile [file]
The cheat sheet can be downloaded here.
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