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
Source: https://git-scm.com
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