Ultimate Git Cheat Sheet , Author : PaareshC ===========================================================
Remember :
The only way to master Git is through Practice
Syntax
Description
$ git config --global user.name "Username"
Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global user.email "Email"
Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global color.ui auto
Colorization of command line output
Syntax
Description
$ git init
Turn an existing directory into a git repository
$ git clone [url]
Clone a repository that already exists on GitHub
Syntax
Description
$ git add
Adds a file to Staging area
$ git add *
Adds all files to Staging area
$ git commit -a
Stages files automatically
$ git log -p
Produces patch text
$ git show
Shows various objects
$ git diff
Can show the differences in various commits
$ git diff --staged
Show all staged files compared to the named commit
$ git add -p
Allows a user to interactively review patches to add to the current commit
$ git mv
Moves a file
$ git rm
Removes a file
Syntax
Description
$ git reset
Resets the repo, throwing away some changes
$ git commit --amend
Make changes to commits
$ git revert
New commit which effectively rolls back a previous commit
Syntax
Description
$ git branch
Used to manage branches
$ git branch
Creates the branch
$ git branch -d
Deletes the branch
$ git branch -D
Forcibly deletes the branch
$ git checkout
Switches to a branch
$ git checkout -b
Creates a new branch and switches to it
$ git merge
Merge joins branches together
$ git merge --abort
abort the merge action (In case of merge conflict)
$ git log --graph --oneline
This shows a summarized view of the commit history for a repo
Interaction with Remote Repository
Syntax
Description
$ git push
Git push is used to push commits from your local repo to a remote repo
$ git pull
Git pull is used to fetch the newest updates from a remote repository
Syntax
Description
$ git remote
Lists remote repos
$ git remote -v
List remote repos verbosely
$ git remote show
Describes a single remote repo
$ git remote update
Fetches the most up-to-date objects
$ git fetch
Downloads specific objects
$ git branch -r
Lists remote branches; can be combined with other branch arguments to manage remote branches