Git Cheat Sheet

Need a 𝒈𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒕?

1. 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆:
• git init [initialize git repo]
• git clone [clone a remote repo]
• git add [add file(s) in git]
• git commit [save the current state of the file]
• git status [show uncommitted changes]
• git diff [view the changes]
• git reset [reset current HEAD to the specified state]
• git log [show commit logs]
• git show [shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits)]
• git tag [create, list, delete, or verify a tag object signed with GPG]
• git push [update remote (should pull first after a commit)]
• git pull [Fetch and merge (from remote/local)]
• git checkout [switch branches or restore working tree files]

2. 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈:
• git branch [show branch list, create, or delete branches]
• git merge [join two or more histories together]
• git rebase [reapply commits on top of another base tip]
• git checkout -b | -B [create a new branch if not exist (reset if -B)]
• git branch — set-upstream-to=<upstream> [reassign upstream]
• git branch — unset-upstream [Remove the upstream information]
• git cherry-pick [chose a commit from one branch and apply to another (cousin of merge, rebase)]

3. 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈:
• git merge [join two or more histories together]
• git rebase [reapply commits on top of another base tip]

4. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈:
• git stash [dump the changes (recoverable)]
• git stash pop [remove a single stash and apply]
• git stash list [show list the stash entries]
• git stash apply [apply a stashed change]
• git stash drop [remove a single stash entry]

5. 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔:
• git remote [manage a set of tracked repos]
• git remote add [add a remote with the name]
• git remote remove [remove the remote named <name>]
• git fetch [download from another repo]
• git pull [Fetch and merge (from remote/local)]
• git push [update remote (should pull first after a commit)]
• git clone — mirror[mirror source repo (maps all refs)]

6. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔:
• git config [get and set options]
• git config — local [write in repo’s .git/config file (default)]
• git config — global [write in global ~/.gitconfig instead]

** To reset config, you need to check `git config — global — list` and call `git config — global — unset-all core.editor`

7. 𝑷𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈:
• git cat-file [provide contents of repo]
• git checkout-index[copy files from the index to the working tree]
• git commit-tree [create a new commit object]
• git diff-tree [compares content and mode of blobs between two trees]
• git for-each-ref [information of each ref]
• git hash-object [compute object ID for an object]
• git ls-files [list directory tree]
• git ls-remote [list remote repo]
• git merge-tree [merge without touching index or working tree]
• git read-tree [read tree information into the index]
• git rev-parse [pick out and massage parameters]
• git show-branch [show branches and commits]
• git show-ref [list references in local repo]
• git symbolic-ref [read, modify and delete symbolic refs]
• git tag — list [list tags. With optional <pattern> for pattern-matching]
• git update-ref [update object name in ref]

8. 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏:
• git blame [show revision and author for each line of file]
• git bisect [binary search to find bug starting to commit]
• git checkout [switch branches or restore working tree files]
• git commit [save the current state of file]]
• git rebase [reapply commits on top of another base tip]
• git reset [reset current HEAD to the specified state]
• git diff [view the changes]
• git fetch [download from another repo]
• git grep [print lines matching a pattern]
• git log [show commit logs]
• git merge [join two or more histories together]
• git push [update remote (should pull first after a commit)]
• git show [shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits)]
• git tag [create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG]

9. 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒔:
• git config — global alias.<alias> <command>

10. 𝑯𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔:
• git config — local core.hooksPath <path>

Git Official Documentation: 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑𝒔://𝒈𝒊𝒕-𝒔𝒄𝒎.𝒄𝒐𝒎/