Git Cheat Sheet for newbie and beginners

CONFIGURE GIT

Command

Usage

$ git config - - global user.name “[name]”

Sets your username for the git repo/commit globally

$ git config - -  global  user.email “[email address]”

Sets your email for the git repo/commit globally

CREATE REPOSITORIES

$ git init [project-name]

Initialize git repository to start tracking.
[project-name] is optional.

$ git clone [url]

Download a project and entire version history to get start with.
You will need to do cd [project name] to enter to project

MAKE CHANGES

$ git add [file]

Stages[add to track list] the file,ready to commit

$ git add .

Stages[add to track list] all changed file,ready to commit

$ git commit -m “commit message”

Commit all the staged file on the version history

$ git reset [file]

Unstages the file,but preserve its contents

BRANCHES AND TAGS

$ git branch

List all local branches

$ git branch -av

List all local branches plus remote branches

$ git branch [branch-name]

Creates a new branch

$ git checkout [branch-name]

Switches to specified branch and updates working directory

$ git checkout -b [branch-name]

Switches to new branch with all changes of current branch

$ git branch -d [branch-name]

Delete the specified branch

$ git merge [branch-name]

Merge the branch of [branch-name] with current branch

$ git tag [tag-name]

Tag the current commit.
It is very useful for versioning

SYNCHRONIZE CHANGES

$ git push [remote] [branch]

Push all the changes of local branch to alias/remote.[ie origin by default].
Shortcut will be
$ git push

$ git pull [remote] [branch]

Pull the branch in to current directory of specified remote.

$ git fetch

Get lastest changes from origin with no merge

REVIEW HISTORY

$ git status

List all new/modified files under that

project

$ git log

List version history for current branch

$ git diff [branch1] [branch2]

Show changes between two branch

$ git diff [commit1] [ commit2]

Show changes between two commits

$ git show [commit]

Outputs meta data and content changes  of specified commit

UNDO{LIFE SAVER}

$ git reset - -hard HEAD

Discard all local changes in your working directory

$ git reset - -hard [commit] 

Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit

$ git remote set-url [branch-name] [url to branch]

Changing the url of the remote branch