/Branching

Git Cheat Sheet

Brief reference of various git commands. Also practice with git branching

  • git init - Initialize a local git repo in working directory
  • git status - show state of the local repo
  • git log - list commit history
  • git log --oneline - Compact commit history
  • git config -l - show your git configuration settings
  • git commit -m "msg" - commit work to local repo with commit message 'msg'

Branching

  • git branch - list local branches
  • git branch newBranch - creates a new branch
  • git checkout newBranch - switches to the branch specified

Remote Repos

  • git remote add alias url - add alias as name for remote repo url in project configuration
  • git push alias aBranch - push local commits to remote repo alias's branch aBranch
  • git pull alias aBranch - pull remote aBranch from alias into current local branch