marborkowski/git-cheat-sheet

GIT Cheat Sheet

Branches

Command	Description
git branch	List all local branches.
git branch -a	List remote and local branches.
git checkout -b branch_name	Create a local branch and switch to it.
git checkout branch_name	Switch to an existing branch.
git push origin branch_name	Push branch to remote.
git branch -m new_name	Rename current branch.
git branch -d branch_name	Delete a local branch.
git push origin :branch_name	Delete a remote branch.

Logs

Command	Description
git log --oneline	Show commit history in single lines.
git log -2	Show commit history for last N commits.
git log -p -2	Show commit history for last N commits with diff.
git diff	Show all local file changes in the working tree.
git diff myfile	Show changes made to a file.
git blame myfile	Show who changed what & when in a file.
git remote show origin	Show remote branches and their mapping to local.

Cleanup

Command	Description
git clean -f	Delete all untracked files.
git clean -df	Delete all untracked files and directories.
git checkout -- .	Undo local modifications to all files.
git reset HEAD myfile	Unstage a file.

Tags

Command	Description
git tag	List all tags.
git tag -a tag_name -m "tag message"	Create a new tag.
git push --tags	Push all tags to remote repo.

Stashes

Command	Description
git stash save "stash name" && git stash	Save changes to a stash.
git stash list	List all stashes.
git stash pop	Apply a stash.