/git-cheatsheet

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git-cheatsheet

Collection of git tips / commands / docs to keep them in one accessible place.

1. Git Config

Define the author name and author email to be used for all commits by the current user.

git config --global user.name <name>
git config --global user.email <email>

2. Start Project

Create empty Git repo in specified directory.

git init <directory>

Clone repo located at onto local machine.

git clone <repo>

3. Daily Activity

Displays the status of your working directory.

git status

Stage all changes in for the next commit.

git add <directory>

Commit the staged snapshot

git commit -m "<message>"

Display the entire commit history.

git log

Show unstaged changes between your index and working directory.

git diff

4. Revert Changes

Create new commit that undoes all of the changes made in , then apply it to the current branch.

git revert <commit>

Reset staging area to match most recent commit.

git reset

Reset staging area and working directory to match most recent commit and overwrites all changes in the working directory.

git reset --hard

5. Git Branching

List all local branches in repository. With -a: show all branches (with remote).

git branch -a

Create and check out a new branch named .

git checkout -b <branch>

Merge into the current branch.

git merge <branch>

6. Git Rebase

Interactively rebase current branch onto . Launches editor to enter commands for how each commit will be transferred to the new base.

git rebase -i <base>

7. Tagging

List all tags.

git tag

Create a tag reference named name for current commit. Add commit sha to tag a specific commit instead of current one.

git tag <name> <commit sha>

8. Synchronizing Repositories

Fetch changes from the remote, but not update tracking branches.

git fetch

Fetch changes from the remote and merge current branch with its upstream.

git pull

Push local changes to the remote. Use --tags to push tags.

git push [--tags]

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