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Basic GIT Commands Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

GIT Commands

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

HOW TO CREATE A REPOSITORY

$ git init [project name]
Create a New local Repository
$ git clone my_url
Download an existing Repository

MAKING A CHANGE

$ git add [file name]
Stages the file, ready for commit
$ git add
Stage all changed files, ready for commit
$ git commit -m “add commit message”
Commit all staged files to versioned history
$ git commit -am “add commit message”
Commit all your tracked files to versioned history
$ git reset [file name]
Un-stages file, keeping the file changes
$ git reset --hard
Revert everything to the last commit
 

DISPLAY YOUR REPOSITORY

$ git status
Display new or modified files not yet committed
$ git diff
Display the changes to files not yet staged
$ git diff --cached
Display the changes to files
$ git diff HEAD
Display all staged and unstaged file changes
$ git diff commit1 commit2
Display the changes between two commit ids
$ git blame [file name]
Display the changed dates and authors for a file
$ git show [commi­t]:­[file name]
Display the file changes for a commit id and/or file
$ git log
Display full change history
$ git log -p [file name/d­ire­ctory]
Display change history for file/d­ire­ctory including diffs
 

SYNCHR­ONIZE

$ git fetch
Display the latest changes from origin
$ git pull
Display the latest changes from origin and merge
$ git pull --rebase
Display the latest changes from origin and rebase
$ git push
Pushes the local changes to the origin
 

BRANCHES

$ git branch
Display all local branches
$ git branch -av
Display all branches, local and remote
$ git checkout myBranch
Switch to a branch, myBranch, and update working directory
$ git branch newBranch
Create a new branch called newBranch
$ git branch -d myBranch
Delete the branch called myBranch
$ git checkout branchB $ git merge branchA
Merge branchA into branchB
$ git tag myTag
Tag the current commit myTag

IF IN DOUBT - HELP !

$ git command --help