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Git Cheat Sheet

Git is a version control system that allows tracking changes to files, coordinating work among multiple users. It is distributed, so multiple users can work on files simultaneously. Common Git commands are provided for installing Git, initializing and cloning repositories, staging and committing changes, branching and merging, inspecting commits and diffs, ignoring patterns, and sharing and updating changes between local and remote repositories. Rewriting history and temporarily stashing changes are also covered.

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Git Cheat Sheet

Git is a version control system that allows tracking changes to files, coordinating work among multiple users. It is distributed, so multiple users can work on files simultaneously. Common Git commands are provided for installing Git, initializing and cloning repositories, staging and committing changes, branching and merging, inspecting commits and diffs, ignoring patterns, and sharing and updating changes between local and remote repositories. Rewriting history and temporarily stashing changes are also covered.

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Git

GitHub CheatSheet
GIT
Git is a version control system that is used for tracking
changes in computer files and coordinating work on those
files among multiple people. It is a distributed version
control system, which means that it allows multiple users to
work on the same files simultaneously and keeps track of
changes made to the files by each user. Git is widely used
in software development and has become a standard tool
for collaborating on code.

This cheat sheet features the most important and


commonly used Git commands for easy reference.

INSTALLATION & GUIS


With platform specific installers for Git, GitHub also
provides the ease of staying up-to-date with the latest
releases of the command line tool while providing a
graphical user interface for day-to-day interaction, review,
and repository synchronization.

GitHub for Windows: https://windows.github.com

GitHub for Mac: https://mac.github.com

For Linux and Solaris platforms, the latest release is


available on the official Git web site.

Git for All Platforms: https://git-scm.com


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SETUP
Configuring user information used across all local repositories.

git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]”


set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version
history.

git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”


set an email address that will be associated with each history
marker.

git config --global color.ui auto


set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing.

SETUP & INIT


Configuring user information, initializing and cloning repositories.

git init
initialize an existing directory as a Git repository.

git clone [URL]


retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL.

STAGE & SNAPSHOT


Working with snapshots and the Git staging area.

git status
show modified files in working directory, staged for your next
commit.

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git add [file]
add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage).

git reset [file]


unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory.

git diff
diff of what is changed but not staged.

git diff --staged


diff of what is staged but not yet committed.

git commit -m “[descriptive message]”


commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot.

BRANCH & MERGE


Isolating work in branches, changing context, and integrating
changes.

git branch
list your branches, a* will appear next to the currently active
branch.

git branch [branch-name]


create a new branch at the current commit.

git checkout
switch to another branch and check it out into your working
directory.

git merge [branch]


merge the specified branch’s history into the current one.

git log
show all commits in the current branch’s history.

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INSPECT & COMPARE
Examining logs, diffs and object information.

git log
show the commit history for the currently active branch.

git log branchB..branchA


show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB.

git log --follow [file]


show the commits that changed file, even across renames.

git diff branchB...branchA


show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB.

git show [SHA]


show any object in Git in human-readable format.

TRACKING PATH CHANGES


Versioning file removes and path changes.

git rm [file]
delete the file from project and stage the removal for commit.

git mv [existing-path] [new-path]


change an existing file path and stage the move.

git log --stat -M


show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved.

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IGNORING PATTERNS
Preventing unintentional staging or committing of files.

logs/
*.notes
pattern*/
Save a file with desired patterns as .gitignore with either direct
string matches or wildcard globs.

git config --global core.excludesfile [file]


system wide ignore pattern for all local repositories.

SHARE & UPDATE


Retrieving updates from another repository and updating local
repository.

git remote add [alias] [URL]


add a git URL as an alias.

git fetch [alias]


fetch down all the branches from that Git remote.

git merge [alias]/[branch]


merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to
date.

git push [alias] [branch]


Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch.

git pull
fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch.

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REWRITE HISTORY
Rewriting branches, updating commits and clearing history.

git rebase [branch]


apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one.

git reset --hard [commit]


clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit.

TEMPORARY COMMITS
Temporarily store modified, tracked files in order to change
branches.

git stash
Save modified and staged changes.

git stash list


list stack-order of stashed file changes.

git stash pop


write working from top of stash stack.

git stash drop


discard the changes from top of stash stack.

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