A list with some Git commands and example configs
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Getting, Cleaning & 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 |
git clean -d -x -f |
Cleans the working tree removing files that are not under version control |
| 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 add . |
Add current folder to the staging area |
git commit -m "[commit message]" |
Commit changes |
git commit --amend -m "New commit message" |
Rename last commit message |
git rm -r [file-name.txt] |
Remove a file (or folder) |
git restore --staged * |
Remove added files from staging area and undo changes |
git reset [filename] |
Remove added files from staging area |
| 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] [commit hash] |
Create a new branch in a specific commit 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 revert [commit hash] |
Revert the commit |
git revert -n [branch]~[x]..[branch]~[y] |
Revert the changes done by commits from the [x] last commit in master (included) to the [y] last commit in master (included) |
git cherry-pick {commit} |
Get specific commit from a branch and moves to another |
git cherry-pick {commit}^..{commit} |
Get range of commits from a branch and moves to another |
Sharing & Updating Projects
| Command |
Description |
git push origin [branch name] |
Push a branch to your remote repository |
git push --force origin [branch name] |
!!!WARN!!! Force to push a branch to your remote repository and REMOVE differences in the remote branch |
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 |
git remote show origin |
Show repository origin and branches |
| 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 |
| Command |
Description |
git update-index |
Register file contents in the working tree to the index |
| `git update-index --chmod (+ |
-)x [FILENAME]` |
git config |
Change or view git configs |
git config --global user.name [NAME] |
Configure git username |
git config --global user.email [EMAIL] |
Configure git email |
| `git config pull.rebase (false |
true)` |
git rm -r --cached . |
Clean file cache (fix gitignore, but be careful with file permissions) |
| Command |
Description |
git flow init |
Initialize git flow |
git flow feature start [FEATURE_NAME] |
Create a new feature |
git flow feature publish [FEATURE_NAME] |
Publish the feature |
git flow feature finish [FEATURE_NAME] |
Merges the feature into main and finish it |
git flow feature pull origin [FEATURE_NAME] |
Make a pull request |
| Command |
Description |
git flow release start [RELEASE] |
Create a release |
git flow release publish |
Publish the release |
git flow release finish |
Merges the release into main, tag it and finish it |
| Command |
Description |
git flow hotfix start [NAME] |
Create a hotfix |
git flow hotfix finish [NAME] |
Publish the release |
| Command |
Description |
git submodule add [URL] path |
Add a submodule |
git submodule init |
Init submodules configuration file |
git submodule update |
Fetch all submodules project data |
git clone --recurse-submodules [REPO] |
Clones The project with submodules |
git submodule update --init --recursive |
update and init |
| --- to add a submodule as a package, add to package.json "pakage-name": "file:.submodules/pakage-name", |
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