Git Cheat Sheet
git config –global user.name “[name]”sets author name-
git config –global user.email “[email address]”sets author email id -
git init [repository name]start new repository -
git clone [url]obtain a repository from an existing URL. -
git add [file]adds a file to the staging area. git commit -m “[ Type in the commit message]”records or snapshots the file permanently in the version history.-
git commit -acommits any files you’ve changed since then.&commits any files you’ve added git diffshows the file differences which are not yet staged.git diff –stageddifferences between the files in the staging area and the latest version present.-
git diff [first branch] [second branch]differences between the two branches mentioned. git reset [file]unstages the file, but it preserves the file contents.git reset [commit]undoes all the commits after the specified commit and preserves the changes locally.-
git reset –hard [commit]discards all history and goes back to the specified commit. git statuscommand lists all the files that have to be committed.-
git rm [file]deletes the file from your working directory and stages the deletion. git logused to list the version history for the current branch.-
git log –follow[file]lists version history for a file, including the renaming of files also. -
git show [commit]shows the metadata and content changes of the specified commit. -
git tag [commitID]used to give tags to the specified commit. git branchlists all the local branches in the current repository.git branch [branch name]creates a new branch.-
git branch -d [branch name]deletes the feature branch. git checkout [branch name]used to switch from one branch to another-
git checkout -b [branch name]creates a new branch and also switches to it. -
git merge [branch name]merges the specified branch’s history into the current branch. -
git remote add [variable name] [Remote Server Link]used to connect your local repository to the remote server. git push [variable name] mastersends the committed changes of master branch to your remote repository.git push [variable name] [branch]sends the branch commits to your remote repository.git push –all [variable name]pushes all branches to your remote repository.-
git push [variable name] :[branch name]deletes a branch on your remote repository. -
git pull [Repository Link]fetches and merges changes on the remote server to your working directory. -
git stash savestores all the modified tracked files. git stash poprestores the most recently stashed files.git stash listlists all stashed changesets.git stash dropdiscards the most recently stashed changeset.-
git checkout -b [name of the branch]to create a new branch git checkout [name of the branch]to navigate into the named branchgit checkout -d [name of the branch]to delete the branchgit merge [branch name]to merge the branch to current branch in working directory