Git Commands Cheat Sheet

Git Setup Git Configuring Managing Files

git init [directory] create a Git repository from an existing git config --global user. set an author name that will be git status show the state of the current
directory name "[your_name]" attached to all commits by the directory (along with staged,
current user unstaged, and untracked files)
git clone [repo / URL] clone / download a repository onto
local machine git config --global user. set an email address that will be git log list the complete commit history of
email " attached to all commits by the the current branch
git clone [URL] [folder] clone a repository from a remote [email_address]" current user
location into a specified folder [folder] git log --all list all commits from all branches
on your local machine git config --global set Git's automatic command line
color.ui auto coloring git log [branch1]..[branch2] show which commits are on the first
branch, but not on the second one
git config --global alias. create a shortcut (alias) for a Git
[alias_name] command git diff see the difference between the
[git_command] working directory and the index
Git Branches (which changes have not been
git config --system set a default text editor for all the commited yet)
core.editor users on the machine
git branch list all branches in the repository [text_editor] get diff --cached see the difference between the last
commit and the index
git branch -a list all remote branches git config --global --edit open Git's global configuration
file get diff HEAD see the difference between the last
git branch [branch] create a new branch under the commit and the working directory
specified name
git show [object] show the content and metadata of
git checkout [branch] switch to another branch (either an an object (blob, tree, tag, or commit)
existing one or by creating a new
one under the specified name] Rewriting History
git branch -d [branch] delete a local branch
git commit --amend replace the last commit with a
git branch -m rename the branch you are combination of the staged
[new_branch_name] currently working in changes and the last commit
combined
Remote Repositories
git merge [branch] merge the specified branch with the
current branch git rebase [base] rebase the current branch with git remote add [name] create a new connection to a
the specified base (it can be a [URL] remote repository and give it a
branch name, tag, reference to a name to serve as a shortcut to
HEAD, or a commit ID) the URL

git reflog list changes made to the HEAD of git fetch [remote_repo] fetch a branch from a remote
Undoing Changes the local repository [branch] repository

git pull [remote_repo] fetch the specified repository and

git revert [file/directory] undo all changes in the specified
merge it with the local copy
file/directory by creating a new
commit and applying it to the
git push [remote_repo] push a branch to a remote
current branch Making Changes [branch] repository with all its commits
and objects
git reset [file] unstage the specified file without
overwriting changes git add [file/directory] stage changes for the next commit

git reset [commit] undo all changes that happened git add . stage everything in the directory for
after the specified commit an initial commit

git clean -n see which files should be removed git commit -m " commit the previously staged
from the current directory [descriptive_message]" snapshot in the version history with
a descriptive message included in
git clean -f remove the unnecessary files in the the command
directory