Git is the free and open source distributed version control system that's responsible for everything GitHub related that happens locally on your computer. This cheat sheet features the most important and commonly used Git commands for easy reference
INSTALLATION & GUIS:
With platform specific installers for Git, GitHub also provides the ease of staying up-to-date with the latest releases of the command line tool while providing a graphical user interface for day-to-day interaction, review, and repository synchronization.
GitHub for Windows: Windows GitHub Setup
GitHub for Mac: Mac Github Setup
SETUP:
Configuring user information used across all local repositories:
git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]”
Sets a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history
git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”
Sets an email address that will be associated with each history marker
git config --global color.ui auto
Sets automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing
INIT:
Configuring user information, initializing and cloning repositories:
Initializes an existing directory as a Git repository
git init
retrieves an entire repository from a hosted location via URL
git clone [URL]
To check the status
git status
To add all the files
git add .
To add the specific file
git add filename
To commit with a message
git commit -m "Your Message"
To push the files into gitrepository
git remote add origin "Repository Link"
Final Push command
git push origin master
Unstaged a file while retaining the changes in the working directory
git reset [file]
diff of what is changed but not staged
git diff
diff of what is staged but not yet committed
git diff --staged
BRANCH & MERGE:
Lists your branches. a * will appear next to the currently active branch
git branch
Creates a new branch at the current commit
git branch [branch-name]
shows all commit in the current branch’s history
git log
INSPECT & COMPARE:
git log branchB..branchA
shows the commits on branch A that are not on branch B
git log --follow [file]
shows the commits that changed file, even across renames
git diff branchB...branchA
shows the diff between what is in branch A that is not in branch B
git show [SHA]
TRACKING PATH CHANGES:
Versioning file removes and path changes:
git rm [file]
deletes the file from the project and stage the removal for commit
git mv [existing-path] [new-path]
changes an existing file path and stage the move
git log --stat -M
shows all commit logs with an indication of any paths that moved
SHARE & UPDATE:
Retrieving updates from another repository and updating local repos:
git remote add [alias] [url]
adds a git URL as an alias
git fetch [alias]
fetches down all the branches from that Git remote
git merge [alias]/[branch]
merges a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date
git push [alias] [branch]
Transmits local branch commits to the remote repository branch
git pull
fetches and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch
REWRITE HISTORY:
Rewriting branches, updating commits and clearing history:
git rebase [branch]
applies any commits of current branch ahead of specified one
git reset --hard [commit]
clears staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit
#TEMPORARY COMMITS:
Temporarily store modified, tracked files in order to change branches:
git stash
Saves modified and staged changes
git stash list
lists stack-order of stashed file changes
git stash pop
writes working from the top of stash stack
git stash drop
discard the changes from the top of the stash stack
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