List of all Git Commands

Git Commands

A list of Git commands

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Alt Git

Tell Git who you are

Description	Command
Configure the author name.	`git config --global user.name "<username>"`
Configure the author email address.	`git config --global user.email <email address>`

Getting & Creating Projects

Description	Command
Initialize a local Git repository	`git init`
Create a local copy of a remote repository	`git clone ssh://git@github.com/<username>/<repository-name>.git`

Basic Snapshotting

Description	Command
Check status	`git status`
Add a file to the staging area	`git add <file-name.txt>`
Add all new and changed files to the staging area	`git add -A` or `git add .`
Commit changes	`git commit -m "<commit message>"`
Remove a file (or folder)	`git rm -r <file-name.txt>`

Inspection & Comparison

Description	Command
View changes	`git log`
View changes (detailed)	`git log --summary`
View changes in one line (briefly)	`git log --oneline` or `git log --pretty=oneline` or `git log --pretty=short`

Undo to previous file

Description	Command
List of all commit with commit id and commit message)	`git log --oneline`
Return to previous commit	`git checkout<commit id>`
Revert commit (undo one particular commit)	`git revert <commit id>`
Reset to previous commit (remove history of all commit after )	`git reset <commit id>`
Stop a file being tracked	`git rm --cached <file/folder>`
Restore a file to a previous commit	`git checkout <file/to/restore>`

Branching & Merging

Description	Command
List branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch)	`git branch`
List all branches (local and remote)	`git branch -a`
Create a new branch	`git branch <branch name>`
Create a new branch and switch to it	`git checkout -b <branch name>`
Clone a remote branch and switch to it	`git checkout -b <branch name> origin/<branch name>`
Rename a local branch	`git branch -m <old branch name> <new branch name>`
Switch to a branch	`git checkout <branch name>`
Switch to the branch last checked out	`git checkout -`
Discard changes to a file	`git checkout -- <file-name.txt>`
Delete a branch	`git branch -d <branch name>`
Delete a remote branch	`git push origin --delete <branch name>`
Preview changes before merging	`git diff <source branch> <target branch>`
Merge a branch into the active branch	`git merge <branch name>`
Merge a branch into a target branch	`git merge <source branch> <target branch>`
Stash changes in a dirty working directory	`git stash`
Remove all stashed entries	`git stash clear`

Description	Command
Push a branch to your remote repository	`git push origin <branch name>`
Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch)	`git push -u origin <branch name>`
Push changes to remote repository (remembered branch)	`git push`
Delete a remote branch	`git push origin --delete <branch name>`
Update local repository to the newest commit	`git pull`
Pull changes from remote repository	`git pull origin <branch name>`
Add a remote repository	`git remote add origin ssh://git@github.com/<username>/<repository-name>.git`
Set a repository's origin branch to SSH	`git remote set-url origin ssh://git@github.com/<username>/<repository-name>.git`