A list of commonly used Git commands
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Command |
Description |
git config --global user.name [user-name] |
Sets user name for every repo in the computer |
git config --global user.email [email] |
Sets user email for every repo |
git config user.name [user-name] |
Sets user email for a single repo in the computer |
git config user.email [email] |
Sets user email for every repo |
git config --local user.email [email] |
Sets user email for local repo |
git config --local user.name [user-name] |
Sets user name for local repo |
Getting & Creating Projects
Command |
Description |
git init |
Initialize a local Git repository |
git clone ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git |
Create a local copy of a remote repository |
Command |
Description |
git status |
Check status |
git add [file-name.txt] |
Add a file to the staging area |
git add -A |
Add all new and changed files to the staging area |
git commit -m "[commit message]" |
Commit changes |
git rm -r [file-name.txt] |
Remove a file (or folder) |
git mv [old name] [new name] |
Rename a file |
Command |
Description |
git branch |
List branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch) |
git branch -a |
List all branches (local and remote) |
git branch [branch name] |
Create a new branch |
git branch -d [branch name] |
Delete a branch |
git push origin --delete [branch name] |
Delete a remote branch |
git checkout -b [branch name] |
Create a new branch and switch to it |
git checkout -b [branch name] origin/[branch name] |
Clone a remote branch and switch to it |
git checkout [file-name] |
Undo the changes in the file |
git branch -m [old branch name] [new branch name] |
Rename a local branch |
git checkout [branch name] |
Switch to a branch |
git checkout - |
Switch to the branch last checked out |
git checkout -- [file-name.txt] |
Discard changes to a file |
git merge [branch name] |
Merge a branch into the active branch |
git merge [source branch] [target branch] |
Merge a branch into a target branch |
git stash |
Stash changes in a dirty working directory |
git stash list |
View the list of stashes made at any time |
git stash apply |
Apply the changes without removing stored files from stash area |
git stash pop |
Remove stored files from stash area |
git stash clear |
Remove all stashed entries |
Sharing & Updating Projects
Command |
Description |
git push origin [branch name] |
Push a branch to your remote repository |
git push -u origin [branch name] |
Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch) |
git push |
Push changes to remote repository (remembered branch) |
git push origin --delete [branch name] |
Delete a remote branch |
git fetch |
Downloads commits, files, and refs from a remote repository into your local repo |
git pull |
Update local repository to the newest commit |
git pull origin [branch name] |
Pull changes from remote repository |
git remote add origin ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git |
Add a remote repository |
git remote set-url origin ssh://git@github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git |
Set a repository's origin branch to SSH |
Command |
Description |
git log |
View changes |
git log --summary |
View changes (detailed) |
git log --oneline |
View changes (briefly) |
git diff [source branch] [target branch] |
Preview changes before merging |
git blame |
Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file |
Command |
Description |
git commit -m [user-message] |
Commits the staged changes |
git commit --amend -m [user-message] |
Changes the message of previous commit |
git rebase -i HEAD~[number] |
squash previous commits into one |