Git-Cheat-Sheet

A cheat sheet for uncommon Git commands

Configuration

Command	Description
git config --global user.name "foo"	Set user name
git config --global user.email "foo@example.com"	Set user email

Branches

Command	Description
git branch foo	Create a new branch
git branch -d foo	Deletes a branch
git switch foo	Switch to a branch
git switch -c|--create foo	Create and switch to a branch
git checkout foo.js	Undo all changes on the foo.js file
git checkout foo	Use git switch instead
git checkout -b foo	Use git switch -c instead
git merge foo	Merge branch into current branch

Pulling

Command	Description
git pull --rebase --prune	Get latest, rebase any changes not checked in and delete branches that no longer exist

Staged Changes

Command	Description
git add file.txt	Stage file
git add --patch file.txt	Stage some but not all changes in a file
git mv file1.txt file2.txt	Move/rename file
git rm --cached file.txt	Unstage file
git rm --force file.txt	Unstage and delete file
git reset HEAD	Unstage changes
git reset --hard HEAD	Unstage and delete changes
git clean -f|--force -d	Recursively remove untracked files from the working tree
git clean -f|--force -d -x	Recursively remove untracked and ignored files from the working tree

Changing Commits

Command	Description
git reset 5720fdf	Reset current branch but not working area to commit
git reset HEAD~1	Reset the current branch but not working area to the previous commit
git reset --hard 5720fdf	Reset current branch and working area to commit
git commit --amend -m "New message"	Change the last commit message
git commit --fixup 5720fdf -m "New message"	Merge into the specified commit
git revert 5720fdf	Revert a commit
git rebase --interactive [origin/main]	Rebase a PR (git pull first)
git rebase --interactive 5720fdf	Rebase to a particular commit
git rebase --interactive --root 5720fdf	Rebase to the root commit
git rebase --continue	Continue an interactive rebase
git rebase --abort	Cancel an interactive rebase
git cherry-pick 5720fdf	Copy the commit to the current branch

Compare

Command	Description
git diff	See difference between working area and current branch
git diff HEAD HEAD~2	See difference between te current commit and two previous commits
git diff main other	See difference between two branches

View

Command	Description
git log	See commit list
git log --patch	See commit list and line changes
git log --decorate --graph --oneline	See commit visualization
git log --grep foo	See commits with foo in the message
git show HEAD	Show the current commit
git show HEAD^ or git show HEAD~1	Show the previous commit
git show HEAD^^ or git show HEAD~2	Show the commit going back two commits
git show main	Show the last commit in a branch
git show 5720fdf	Show named commit
git blame file.txt	See who changed each line and when

Stash

Command	Description
git stash push -m "Message"	Stash staged files
git stash --include-untracked	Stash working area and staged files
git stash list	List stashes
git stash apply	Moved last stash to working area
git stash apply 0	Moved named stash to working area
git stash clear	Clear the stash

Tags

Command	Description
git tag	List all tags
git tag -a|--annotate 0.0.1 -m|--message "Message"	Create a tag
git tag -d|--delete 0.0.1	Delete a tag
git push --tags	Push tags to remote repository

Remote

Command	Description
git remote -v	List remote repositories
git remote show origin	Show remote repository details
git remote add upstream <url>	Add remote upstream repository
git fetch upstream	Fetch all remote branches
git rebase upstream/main	Refresh main branch from upstream
git remote -v	List remote repositories
git push --tags	Push tags to remote repository

Submodules

Command	Description
git submodule status	Check status of all submodules

• Pull submodules
  1. git submodule sync
  2. git submodule init
  3. git submodule update
• Change branch
  1. cd /submodule
  2. git fetch origin <branch-name>
  3. git checkout <branch-name>
  4. cd /