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A cheat sheet for uncommon Git commands

Configuration

Command Description
git config --global user.name "foo" Set user name
git config --global user.email "[email protected]" Set user email

Branches

Command Description
git branch foo Create a new branch
git branch -d foo Deletes a branch
git switch foo Switch to a branch
git switch -c|--create foo Create and switch to a branch
git restore foo.js Undo all changes on the foo.js file
git checkout foo.js Undo all changes on the foo.js file
git checkout foo Use git switch instead
git checkout -b foo Use git switch -c instead
git merge foo Merge branch into current branch

Pulling

Command Description
git pull --rebase --prune Get latest, rebase any changes not checked in and delete branches that no longer exist

Staged Changes

Command Description
git add file.txt Stage file
git add -p --patch file.txt`
git mv file1.txt file2.txt Move/rename file
git rm --cached file.txt Unstage file
git rm --force file.txt Unstage and delete file
git reset HEAD Unstage changes
git reset --hard HEAD Unstage and delete changes
git clean -f|--force -d Recursively remove untracked files from the working tree
git clean -f|--force -d -x Recursively remove untracked and ignored files from the working tree

Changing Commits

Command Description
git reset 5720fdf Reset current branch but not working area to commit
git reset HEAD~1 Reset the current branch but not working area to the previous commit
git reset --hard 5720fdf Reset current branch and working area to commit
git commit --amend -m "New message" Change the last commit message
git commit --fixup 5720fdf -m "New message" Merge into the specified commit
git revert 5720fdf Revert a commit
git rebase --interactive [origin/main] Rebase a PR (git pull first)
git rebase --interactive 5720fdf Rebase to a particular commit
git rebase --interactive --root 5720fdf Rebase to the root commit
git rebase --continue Continue an interactive rebase
git rebase --abort Cancel an interactive rebase
git cherry-pick 5720fdf Copy the commit to the current branch

Compare

Command Description
git diff See difference between working area and current branch
git diff HEAD HEAD~2 See difference between te current commit and two previous commits
git diff main other See difference between two branches

View

Command Description
git log See commit list
git log --patch See commit list and line changes
git log --decorate --graph --oneline See commit visualization
git log --grep foo See commits with foo in the message
git show HEAD Show the current commit
git show HEAD^ or git show HEAD~1 Show the previous commit
git show HEAD^^ or git show HEAD~2 Show the commit going back two commits
git show main Show the last commit in a branch
git show 5720fdf Show named commit
git blame file.txt See who changed each line and when

Stash

Command Description
git stash push -m "Message" Stash staged files
git stash --include-untracked Stash working area and staged files
git stash --staged Stash staged files
git stash list List stashes
git stash apply Moved last stash to working area
git stash apply 0 Moved named stash to working area
git stash clear Clear the stash

Tags

Command Description
git tag List all tags
git tag -a|--annotate 0.0.1 -m|--message "Message" Create a tag
git tag -d|--delete 0.0.1 Delete a tag
git push --tags Push tags to remote repository

Remote

Command Description
git remote -v List remote repositories
git remote show origin Show remote repository details
git remote add upstream <url> Add remote upstream repository
git fetch upstream Fetch all remote branches
git rebase upstream/main Refresh main branch from upstream
git remote -v List remote repositories
git push --force Push any changes while overwriting any remote changes
git push --force-with-lease Push any changes but stop if there are any remote changes
git push --tags Push tags to remote repository

Submodules

Command Description
git submodule status Check status of all submodules
  • Pull submodules
    1. git submodule sync
    2. git submodule init
    3. git submodule update
  • Change branch
    1. cd /submodule
    2. git fetch origin <branch-name>
    3. git checkout <branch-name>
    4. cd /

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This Git cheat sheet saves you time when you just can't remember what a command is or don't want to use git help in the command line. It is hard to memorize all the important Git commands by heart, so print this out or save it to your desktop to resort to when you get stuck.

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