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GIT CHEATSHEET
COMMAND | EXPLANATION(USES) | |
git config | Set configuration Variables | |
git config --global user.name "Your name" | Set your name | |
git config --global user.email "Your email" | Set your email address | |
git config --global core.editor "Your IDE" | Set your default text editor | |
git config --list | To list all the settings | |
git help config | To get help while using git | |
git init | To track project in git | |
git add | To track a new file in a project | |
git commit or git commit -m 'Commit message' | To commit after staging a file | |
git commit -a -m 'Your message' | Helps to commit while skipping staging a file(Directly add & Commit) | |
git commit -amend | It overwrites your previous commit | |
git clone[url] | To get a copy of repository | |
git clone /../../ or git clone file:// | To clone a local repository | |
git status | To check which files are in which state | |
git status -s or git status -short | Give simplified output from this command | |
.gitignore | Files that you don't want Git to automatically add or even show you as being untracked | |
git diff | To see the changes in your files | |
git diff --staged | To see what you have staged and want to commit |
COMMAND | EXPLANATION(USES) | |
git diff --cached | It shows all the difference between staged files | |
git rm | To remove a file from git | |
git rm --cached | To keep file in working tree but remove it from your staging area | |
git mv file_from file_to | Helps to rename a file | |
git log or git log -p -2 | To see the history of commits | |
git log --stat | To see some abbreviated stats for each commit | |
git log --pretty=online | Helps to prints each commit on a single line | |
git log --pretty=format:"%h - %an ,%ar :%s" | It allow you to specify your own log output format | |
git log --pretty=format:"%h %s" --graph | It adds a nice little ASCII graph showing branch & merge history | |
git log --since | This helps us to check the history of weeks , months | |
git log --Sfunction_name | Shows a commits that introduced a change to the code that added or remove that string | |
git log --online --decorate --graph -- all | ||
git reset HEAD <file> | Helps to unstage the commit | |
git checkout -- <file> | Helps to discard or revert the changes | |
git remote add <shortname> <url> | To add a new remote repository as a shortname | |
git remote -v | It shows the URLs that git has stored for the shortname to be used when reading & writing | |
git fetch [remote-name] | To get data from your remote Projects | |
git pull [remote-name] | To get data from your remote Projects | |
git push [remote-name][branch-name] | This works only if cloned from a server to which you have write access & if nobody has pushed in the meantime | |
git remote show [remote-name] | To see more information about a particular remote | |
git remote rename file_from file_to | To change the remote’s shortname | |
git remote rm <file> | To remove a remote file | |
git tag | It helps us to tag specific points in history | |
git show | To see the data along with the commit that was tagged | |
git push origin [tagname] | Helps to transfer tags to remote server |
COMMAND | EXPLANATION(USES) |
git push origin --tags | To push all tags to remote server at once |
git config --global alias.co checkout or git config --global alias.br branch or git config --global alias.ci commit | It helps us to set up git commands for easily use |
git branch <branch name> | It creates a new branch |
git checkout <branch name> | Helps to switch to an existing branch |
git merge <branch name> | It helps to merge the branch to the master(main) branch |
git branch -d <branch name> | Helps to delete the branch when no longer needed |
git branch -D <branch name> | It helps us to force delete the branch when not done with -d |
git mergetool | Helps to use the graphical tool to resolve the issue |
git branch -v | Shows a simple listing of your current branches |
git branch --merged | To see which branches are merged into the branch you’re currently on |
git branch --no-merged | TO see all the branches that contain work that haven’t yet merged |
git fetch (remote)(branch) | It helps to fetch the data from the remote to your local branch |
git push (remote)(branch) | It helps to push code to remote branch or on server |
git checkout -b [branch] [remotename]/[branch] | To get your own branch from remote branch to your local branch |
git branch -vv | This lists your local branches with more info., including the branch is tracking or your local branch is a head, behind or both |
git push [remote] --delete [branchname] | It is use to delete a remote branch |
git rebase <branch name> | It takes all the changes that were committed on one branch & replay them on another one |
git rebase --onto<branch 1><branch 2> <branch 3> | Checkout the branch 1 , figure out the patches from the common ancestor of the branch 2 & 3 and replay them on branch 1 |
git rebase [basebranch][topicbranch] | Rebase the topic branch on top of the base branch without having to check it |
git push --force | It is use to overwrite the history on the server when we are using command rebase and collaborating with others |
COMMAND | EXPLANATION(USES) |
git pull --rebase | It is used to fetch and merge changes from a remote repository while also rebasing any local commits on top of the updated remote branch. |
git config --global pull.rebase true | When you are using git pull & want to make a default rebase |
git remote add local_/../../..git | To add a local repo to an existing git project |
git clone --bare | It is used to create a bare repository, which is a special type of Git repository that does not contain a working directory. |
git daemon | It is used to start a lightweight Git server that allows clients to fetch and push changes to a Git repository over the network. |
