\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{MKoe} \pdfinfo{ /Title (git-basics.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (MKoe) /Subject (Git Basics Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{82AB82} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F7F9F7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Git Basics Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{MKoe} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/174546/cs/36666/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}MKoe \\ \uline{cheatography.com/mkoe} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 24th January, 2023.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Getting a Git Repository - p. 26}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Initializing Repository in Existing Directory}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Go to directory & \$ cd \seqsplit{C:/Users/user/my\_project} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Initialize .git \{\{nl\}\}subdirectory & \$ git init \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{rowspan=2\}\}Begin file tracking & \$ git add *.c \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & \$ git add LICENSE \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Initial Commit & \$ git commit -m \textless{}message\textgreater{} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Cloning Existing Repository}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Clone directory & \$ git clone \textless{}url\textgreater{} \textless{}directory name\textgreater{} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.83689 cm} x{2.14011 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tracking File Status - p. 28}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Tracked files}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Files that were in last snapshot + any newly staged files} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{can be unmodified, modified, or staged} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Untracked Files}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{any files in working directory that were not in your last snapshot and are not in your staging area.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{won't be included in your commit snapshots until explicitly told} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{\$ git status}} & check status \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{\$ git add \textless{}file/directory name\textgreater{}}} & track new file, stage file \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{If you modify a file after you run git add, you have to run git add again to stage the latest version of the file} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{\$ git status -s}} & check status (short) \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ar\}\}?? & new untracked files \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ar\}\}A & newly staged files \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ar\}\}M & modified files \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{lefthand column indicates status of staging area and the right-hand column indicates status of working tree} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Ignoring Files}}} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{repository might have a single .gitignore file in its root directory, which applies to the entire repository} \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{additional .gitignore files in subdirectories possible} \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.83689 cm} x{2.14011 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Tracking File Status - p. 28 (cont)}} \tn % Row 17 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{specifies which files are ignored by version control} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.04057 cm} x{2.93643 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{View and Commit Changes - p. 33}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git diff}} & view unstaged changes \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git diff -{}-staged}} & compare staged changes to last commit \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{If all changes are staged, git diff will give no output.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git difftool}} & view changes in graphical difftool \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git commit}} & commit changes, launches editor for commit message \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git commit -m}} & add message in command line \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git commit -a}} & commit all changed files, skip staging \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git rm}} & remove file from tracked files \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git rm -f}} & force removal of already staged file \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git rm -{}-cached}} & remove file from Git track, keep it on hard drive \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{If you simply remove the file from working directory, it shows up under the "Changes not staged for commit"} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git mv file\_from file\_to}} & Move/Rename File \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Git doesn't explicitly track file movement} \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.43873 cm} x{2.53827 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Viewing the Commit History - p. 40}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git log}} & list commits made in chronological order \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git log -p}} & show difference introduced in each commit \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git log -2}} & show last two log entries \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git log -{}-stat}} & show abbreviated stats for each commit \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git log -{}-pretty}} & change log output format \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{pretty=format: "\%h - \%an, \%ar : \%s"}} & format specifier for log output \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ar\}\}\%h & abbreviated commit hash \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ar\}\}\%an & author name \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \{\{ar\}\}\%ar & author date, relative \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ar\}\}\%s & Subject \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git log -{}-graph}} & display ASCII graph for merging history \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git log -{}-since=x}} & limit log output to time x \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git log -{}-author=x}} & limit log output to author x \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{git log -{}-all-match}} & limit output to those that match all limiting patterns \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{git log -S}} & Only show commits adding or removing code matching string \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 3) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.43873 cm} x{2.53827 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Viewing the Commit History - p. 40 (cont)}} \tn % Row 15 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{-{}- path/file}} & limit log output to changes introduced in specified files \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Is always the last option and is generally preceded by double dashes (-{}-) to separate paths from the options} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{-{}-no-merges}} & prevent display of merge commits \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}