Git Cheatsheet

Git commands that I use daily

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1. Check what changed in the last commit

Let us say, you want to check what you committed in the last commit. You can issue following command:

git diff HEAD^ HEAD

2. Get files changed in the last commit

You can get information about files only which are changed in the last commit

git diff --name-only HEAD~ HEAD

3. Present log in pretty format

Following command provides pretty handy output for git log

git log --pretty=format:"%C(yellow)%h%Cred%d\\ %Creset%s%Cblue\\ [%cn]" --decorate

You can check this for more options in --pretty

4. Deleting branch remotely

You can delete the branch remotely using

git push origin --delete <branch_name>

or

git branch -dr <remote/branch>

5. Un-commit last commit

Sometime you want to undo the last commit

git reset --soft HEAD^

6. Autocorrect git commands

If you make typos in git command, this is for

git config --global help.autocorrect 1

7. Switching branches like `cd -` command

You can switch back and forth using following command

git checkout -

8. Print the name of the upstream branch

Check where branches are coming from

git branch -vv

9. Rename a branch

git branch -m <old_branch_name> <new_branch_name>

10. Time machine for Git

Very useful command when you mess up something. You can check this blog for more details.

git reflog

11. Undo last commit and bring everything to staging area

git reset --soft HEAD^

12. Undo last commit and reset everything

git reset --hard HEAD^

13. Use last commit message to amend

git commit -C HEAD --amend

14. Create new branch with stash changes

git stash branch <branch_name>

Hope this will help you in your daily work.