Git Cheat Sheet

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Find Useful Git commands in this Git Cheat Sheet.

Here is a basic Git cheat sheet:

git init – Initialize a new git repository

git clone [repository] – Clone an existing repository

git status – Check the status of your repository

git add [file] – Add a file to the repository

git commit -m "[message]" – Commit changes with a message

git push – Push changes to a remote repository

git pull – Pull changes from a remote repository

git branch – Show the current branch

git branch [branch-name] – Create a new branch

git checkout [branch-name] – Switch to a different branch

git merge [branch-name] – Merge a branch into the current branch

git log – Show the commit history

git diff – Show changes between commits

git reset --hard [commit] – Reset repository to a specific commit

git stash – Stash changes

git stash apply – Apply stashed changes

Please note that this is a basic cheat sheet and git has many more functionalities and options, it is worth reading the git documentation to learn more.

• Clone a project:
  git clone git_repo_url project_name
• Switch to a branch locally:
  git checkout branch_name
• Modify a file, then save and push it to remote repo in current branch
  git add path_to_file_modifeid/file_name
  git commit -m “Description of modification”
  git push
• Get a new version of a file after modifying local version
  git checkout path_to_file_modified/file_modified
• Get latest version of current branch
  git fetch
  git pull
  if you have local changes, you will be prompted to commit or stash them before pulling.

• Create a new branch based on current branch and switch to it
  git checkout –b branch_name
• Switch to master branch
  git checkout master
• Merge branch_name to master
  git merge branch_name
• Delete local branch
  git branch -d branch_name
• Undo a merge or pull
  git reset –hard
• Undo a commit locally and on the remote branch
  git reset –hard commit_id
  git push –force
• Get remote url of a local branch
  git remote show origin

Source: https://git-scm.com
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