This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Git Basics
$ git init |
This command creates an empty Git repository |
$ git config |
Get and set repository or global options |
$ git add |
Add file contents to the index |
$ git commit -m "<message>" |
Stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along with a log message from the user describing the changes. |
$ git status |
Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the current HEAD commit |
$ git log |
Show commit logs |
$ git diff |
Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc |
Remote
$ git remote -v |
List the remotes added to current repository |
$ git remote add <name> <url> |
Add a new remote |
git log
$ git log -<number> |
Limit no of commits by <number> |
$ git log --oneline |
Limit each commit to only a single line |
$ git log -p |
Display full diff for each commit. |
$ git log --stat |
List files were added or updated with the number of lines added or removed. |
$ git log --author="<pattern>" |
Search for commits by a particular author. |
$ git log --grep=”<pattern>” |
Search for commits with a commit message that matches <pattern> |
$ git log <since>..<until> |
Show commits that occur between <since> and <until> . Args can be a commit ID, branch name, HEAD , or any other kind of revision reference. |
$ git log -- <file> |
Only display commits that have the specified file. |
$ git log --graph --decorate |
--graph flag draws a text based graph of commits on left side of commit messages. --decorate adds names of branches or tags of commits shown. |
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Configuration
$ git config --global user.name "[name]" |
Sets the name you want atached to your commit transactions |
$ git config --global user.email "[email address]" |
Sets the email you want atached to your commit transactions |
$ git config --global color.ui auto |
Enables helpful colorization of command line output |
Branch
$ git branch |
List, create, or delete branches |
$ git branch <name> |
create copy of current checked out branch |
$ git checkout <branch> |
Switch branches or restore working tree files |
$ git merge <branch> |
Join two or more development commits/branch together |
$ git branch -D <branch> |
delete a branch |
$ git fetch |
Download objects and refs from another repository or fetch a branch fro another repository(specified in remote) |
$ git push |
Update remote refs along with associated objects or push a local branch to remote server |
$ git pull |
Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch |
Repositories
$ git init [project-name] |
Creates a new local repository with the specified name. |
$ git clone [url] |
Downloads a project and its entire version history to your local server. |
Redo Commits
$ git reset [commit] |
Undoes all commits afer [commit], preserving changes locally. |
$ git reset --hard [commit] |
Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit. |
Save Fragments
*$ git stash |
Temporarily stores all modified tracked files. |
$ git stash pop |
Restores the most recently stashed files. |
$ git stash list |
Lists all stashed changesets. |
$ git stash drop |
Discards the most recently stashed changeset. |
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