Git Cheatsheet¶

Basics¶

git help <command>: get help for a git command
git init: creates a new git repo, with data stored in the .git directory
git status: tells you what’s going on
git add <filename>: adds files to staging area
git commit: creates a new commit
- `Write good commit messages!
- `Even more reasons to write good commit messages!
git log: shows a flattened log of history
git log --all --graph --decorate: visualizes history as a DAG
git diff <filename>: show changes you made relative to the staging area
git diff <revision> <filename>: shows differences in a file between snapshots
git checkout <revision>: updates HEAD and current branch

git branch: shows branches
git branch <name>: creates a branch
$ git branch -d [name_of_your_new_branch]: Delete a branch on your local filesystem
git checkout -b <name>: creates a branch and switches to it
git merge <revision>: merges into current branch
git mergetool: use a fancy tool to help resolve merge conflicts
git rebase: rebase set of patches onto a new base

git remote: list remotes
git remote add <name_of_your_remote> <name_of_your_new_branch>: add a remote
git push <remote> <local branch>:<remote branch>: send objects to remote, and update remote reference
- $ git push origin [name_of_your_new_branch]
git branch --set-upstream-to=<remote>/<remote branch>: set up correspondence between local and remote branch
git fetch: retrieve objects/references from a remote
git pull: same as git fetch; git merge
git clone: download repository from remote