Git Commands

A list of commonly used Git commands

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• The Commands :

SETUP

Command	Description
git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]”	set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history
git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”	set an email address that will be associated with each history marker
git config --global color.ui auto	set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing

Getting & 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

STAGE & SNAPSHOT

Command	Description
git status	Check status
git add [file]	Add a file to the staging area
git add -A or git add .	Add all new and changed files to the staging area
git reset [file]	unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory
git diff	diff of what is changed but not staged
git commit -m "[commit message]"	Commit changes
git rm -r [file-name.txt]	Remove a file (or folder)

Branching & Merging

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] 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

Sharing & Updating Projects

Command	Description
git push origin [branch name]	Push a branch to your remote repository
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 fetch [alias]	fetch down all the branches from that Git remote

TEMPORARY COMMITS

Command	Description
git stash	Save modified and staged changes
git stash list	list stack-order of stashed file changes
git stash pop	write working from top of stash stack
git stash drop	discard the changes from top of stash stack

Inspection & Comparison

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

REWRITE HISTORY

Command	Description
git rebase [branch]	apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one
git reset --hard [commit]	clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit

IGNORING PATTERNS

Command	Description
logs/ *.notes pattern*/	Save a file with desired paterns as .gitignore with either direct string matches or wildcard globs
git config --global core.excludesfile [file]	system wide ignore patern for all local repositories