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Git - Cheat Sheet

What is git? Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to...

##What is git?

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Basic Commands:

  1. Initialize local git repository > git init

  2. check files to commits and branch name > git status

  3. add files to staging area. > git add FileName.txt

  4. add all modified and new files to staging area > git add --all

  5. add all files of directory to staging area > git add folder/

  6. Commit changes to local repository > git commit -m "Message to commit"

  7. history of commits > git log —

  8. Get help for any command > git help <Command>

  9. set global user name > git config --global user.name "Name"

  10. Show un-staged differences since last commit > git diff

  11. View staged differences > git diff --staged

  12. Un-stage files and HEAD Refers to last commit > git reset HEAD FileName

  13. Blow away all changes since last commit > git checkout -- FileName

  14. SKIP STAGING AND COMMIT and Add changes from all tracked files. this Doesn’t add new (untracked) files > git commit -a -m "Modify readme"

  15. Reset into staging and Move to commit before ‘HEAD’ > git reset --soft HEAD^

  16. Add to the last commit with new commit message > git commit --amend -m "New Message"

  17. Undo last commit and all changes > git reset --hard HEAD^

  18. Undo last 2 commits and all changes > git reset --hard HEAD^^

  19. ADDING A REMOTE > git remote add <name>origin <address>https://giturl

  20. show remote repositories > git remote -v

  21. To push to remotes > git push -u <name>origin <branch>master

  22. Remove remote > git remote rm <name>

  23. Clone remote repository > git clone <address>https://giturl

  24. Create branch > git branch <BrancName>

  25. create and checkout branch > git checkout -b <BrancName>

  26. list available branches > git branch

  27. list remote available branches > git branch -r

  28. Switching between branches > git checkout <branch name>

  29. merge 2 branches > git merge <branch name>

  30. Delete branch > git branch -d <branch name>

  31. Force delete branch > git branch -D <branch name>

  32. get remote changes > git pull

    • get the remote changes to local remote branch > git fetch
    • merge local remote branch changes to local master branch > git merge <local branch>

  33. shows branches alignments > git remote show origin

  34. remove remote branch > git push origin :<branch name>

  35. To clean up deleted remote branches > git remote prune origin

  36. List all tags > git tag

  37. Create tag > git tag -a <Tag Name> -m "Tag message"

  38. Push new tags to remote > git push --tags

  39. Revert to existing tag. > git checkout <tag name>

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