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Git Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for common Git commands with brief explanations. It includes commands for initializing a repository, tracking changes, committing to the local repository, viewing commit history, branching and merging, managing remotes, cloning repositories, stashing and cleaning the working directory.

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Git Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for common Git commands with brief explanations. It includes commands for initializing a repository, tracking changes, committing to the local repository, viewing commit history, branching and merging, managing remotes, cloning repositories, stashing and cleaning the working directory.

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~ README.

md

Git cheat sheet


Note : Text in Bold is Editable

git init : Turn Directory into git repository

git status : To know the current state of your


current working directory

git add file : Add file to staging area

git add . : All the files in current working


directory to stage

git commit -m "message" : It will commit all


staged files to local repository ( -a for automatic
staging)

git log : You can see all the commits/version of


your git project. (--oneline for oneline view)

rm -rf .git : Delete git repository

touch .gitignore : create .gitignore file, add those


file in it that you don't want to be tracked by git.

git rm --cached file : To untrack the tracked file

git restore --staged file : To unstage the staged


file

git checkout -- file: This command takes your


file to the last version means it undo all the
modifications

git checkout -f: To restore previous commit


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git config --global alias .st status : git alias

git config --global --unset alias.st: To


remove/unset alias

git branch : Total branch with name

git branch - v : Total branch with name and last


commit

git branch branchname : To create a new branch

git checkout branchname : Switch to new branch

git checkout -b branchname: Create and switch


at the same time

git log --oneline --graph --all : Show all branch


with commits

git branch -d branchname: To delete a merged


branch

git merge -D branchname : To delete a non-


merged branch forcefully

git merge branchname : To merge Branches

git merge --abort : To abort the conflict when


merging

git rebase branchname: To reabse the branch

git remote add remotename url : Add remote to


repo
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git push -u remotename branchname : push from


local repo to remote repo

git remote -v : To get info about remote

git clone url : Cloning a github repository

git remote remove remotename: To remove a


remote

git fetch remotename branchname : To fetch new


data for already cloned repo

git merge remotename/branchname : To merge


into working directory (Note : Fetch will add only
to local repo)

git pull remotename branchname: Fetch + Merge

git show commitid : Display the changes in


commit

git stash : To stash file

git stash list : List of stashed files

git stash apply stash@{x} : Apply stash to


staging area(x is any number)

git stash drop stash@{x} : To delete stash after


applying

git clean -f -d : Clean working directory

git commit --amend : Modify the message of last


commit
git commit --amend --no-edit : Modify the
content of last commit

git checkout commitid : Travel to History to any


commit

git switch - : Head again on master (undo the


Head position)

git switch -c branchname : Create branch when


you made commit in previous snapshot

git revert commitid : Undo the changes of any


commit you want

git revert -n commitid : Explicitly commit the


revert changes

I git revert --abort : Abort the revert changes

git reset --soft commitid : Delete commits but


not file

git reset --hard commitid : Delete commit as well


as files

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