| 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 reset head --hard |
Resets local repo to last commit/head |
git stash |
To store current changes without commiting |
git pop |
To bring back the stashed changes |
git clean -df |
To delete unwanted untracked files |
git checkout - |
To move to previous branch after checking out new branch |
| 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 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 clear |
Remove all stashed entries |
git reset --hard origin/master |
To override local git with that of the remote. This will reset everything to match the remote |
| 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 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 log --graph --oneline --decorate |
To log commits in a graph like form |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
rm -rf .git |
Removes GIT from current working repo |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
git commit -am"Your commit message" |
Instead of git add . & git commit -m"Your commit message" |
git config --global alias.<<Your shortcut here>> "<<git command here>>" |
Adds a custom command. For Example: git config --global alias.ac "commit -am", sets "git ac" as git commit -am. |
git commit --amend -m"<<Your commit message>>" |
Will updated the last commit message |
git push origin YOURBranch --force |
Will override the remote repo with local repo |
git revert --no-commit 0d1d7fc3..HEAD -> git commit |
Revert to a previous published commit |