Bash

Git Cheat Sheet

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