In this article, you will get a list of useful commands when working with git version control. This will allow you to quickly manage your repositories in quick steps.
Creating Repositories
| Command |
Operation |
git init [name] |
Create new local repository. |
git clone [url] |
Clone repository. |
git clone [url][path] |
Clone a repository to target directory. |
Git Configuration Commands
| Command |
Operation |
git config --global user.name "username" |
Sets the name used in git commits and tags. |
git config --global user.email "email" |
Sets the email addressed attached to the commits and tags. |
git config --global --edit |
Edits the git global configuration in a text editor mode. |
git config --global color.ui auto |
Allows colorization of the git output. |
Git Branches Commands
| Command |
Operation |
git branch |
List local branches. |
git branch -av |
List both local and remote branches. |
git checkout [branch_name] |
Switch to the branch with the defined name and update the working directory. |
git chechout -b [branch_name] |
Create a new branch with the specified name. |
git branch -d [branch_name] |
Delete branch with the specified name. |
git checkout [branch_1] && git merge [branch_2] |
Merge branch_1 into branch_2. |
git branch -m [new_name] |
Rename a branch to the specified name |
git tag [tag_name] |
Tag the current commit. |
git push origin -u [name] |
Push and reset. |
git push origin --delete [old] |
Delete specified remote branch. |
git branch -vv |
List branches and upstreams (verbose). |
git checkout - |
Switch to previous branch. |
git checkout [branch] -- [file] |
Checkout single file from another branch. |
Git Operations
| Command |
Operation |
git status |
Show modified files, staged for next commit. |
git add [file] |
Stage a specified file. |
git add . |
Stage all modified files and directories. |
git commit -m "message" |
Commit the staged files with the specified commit message. |
git commit -am "message" |
Commit all tracked files. |
git reset [file] |
Unstage the specified file and reserve file changes. |
git reset --hard |
Reset everything to last commit. |
git diff |
Diff of changed but unstaged files. |
git diff --staged |
Diff of staged but uncommited files. |
git commint -v --amend |
Rewrite last commit message. |
Git Synchronisation
| Command |
Operation |
git pull |
Fetch and merge commits from remote repository. |
git fetch [alias] |
Fetch all the branches from remote repo. |
git push [alias][branch] |
Upload local branch commits to remote repo branch. |
git merge [alias]/[branch] |
Merge remote branch into current branch |
git merge --no-ff [alias]/[branch] |
No fast forward. |
git cherry-pick [commit_id] |
Merge specific commit from another branch to your current branch. |
git merge --ff-only [alias]/[branch] |
Only fast forward. |
.gitignore Patterns
# don't ignore
![file]
# ignore mac files
.DS_store
# ignore node modules
node_modules
*.d
# Compiled Object files
*.slo
*.lo
*.o
*.obj
# Precompiled Headers
*.gch
*.pch
# Compiled Dynamic libraries
*.so
*.dylib
*.dll
# Fortran module files
*.mod
*.smod
# Compiled Static libraries
*.lai
*.la
*.a
*.lib
# Executables
*.exe
*.out
*.app
File Tracking
| Command |
Operation |
git rm [file] |
Delete file from staging area. |
git mv [old_path] [new_path] |
Change a file path and stage the new file path. |
git log --stat -M |
Show all commit logs with path moves. |
Git Remote Operations
| Command |
Operation |
git remote add [alias][url] |
Add git URL as an alias. |
git remote |
Show names of remote repositories. |
git remote -v |
Show names and URL of remote repositories. |
git remote rm [repo_name] |
Remove remote repo. |
git remote set-url origin [URL] |
Change URL of git repo. |
Stash Operations
| Command |
Operation |
git stash |
Save modified and staged files. |
git stash drop |
Discard changes from top of stash stack. |
git stash pop |
Write working from top of stash stack. |
git stash list |
List stack-order of stashed files. |
Observe Repo Commands
| Command |
Operation |
git log |
Show commit history for current branch. |
git log brach1..brach2 |
Show commits on branch1 that are missing from branch2. |
git log --follow [file] |
Show commits responsible for changes in a given file. |
git show [SHA] |
Show object in Git human-readable format. |
git diff brach1...branch2 |
Show difference of brach1 and branch2. |
Git Aliasing
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.br branch
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.st status
Termination
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