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Github git cheat sheet

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GitHub Git Cheat Sheet

Git is an open source distributed version control system that facilitates GitHub activities on your laptop or
desktop. This cheat sheet will help you with commonly used Git command line instructions for quick reference.

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INSTALL GIT

For Windows users

  1. Download Git for Windows Setup
  2. Install Git through the setup. Usually all configurations can be left in default settings.

For macOS users

Download Git for Mac

For Linux users

Debian/Ubuntu

For the latest stable version for your release of Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get get install git
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For Ubuntu, this PPA provides the latest stable upstream Git version

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install git
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Fedora

For releases up to Fedora 21

$ yum install git
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For Fedora 22 and later

$ dnf install git
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Arch Linux 

$ pacman -S git
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HOW TO USE GIT

Windows

Right click on any location and click git bash.

Linux and Mac

Open Terminal to use git.

CONFIGURE TOOLING

Configure user information for all local repositories

Set the name you want attached to your commit transactions

$ git config --global user.name "[name]"
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Set the email address you want attached to your commit transactions

$ git config --global user.email "[email address]"
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CREATE REPOSITORIES

Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL

Create a new local repository with the specified name

$ git init [project-name]
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Download a project and its entire version history

$ git clone [url]
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MAKE CHANGES

Review edits and craft a commit transaction

List all new or modified files to be commited

$ git status
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Show file differences not yet staged

$ git diff
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Snapshot a file in preparation for versioning

$ git add [file]
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Snapshot all files of the current directory in preparation for versioning

$ git add .
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Unstage the file (reset), but preserve its contents

$ git reset [file]
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Record file snapshots permanently in version history

$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"
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GROUP CHANGES

Name a series of commits and combine completed efforts

List all local branches in the current repository

$ git branch
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Create a new branch

$ git branch [branch-name]
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Switch to the specified branch and updates the working directory

$ git checkout [branch-name]
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Combine the specified branch's history into the current branch

$ git merge [branch-name]
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Delete the specified branch

$ git branch -d [branch-name]
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REFACTOR FILENAMES

Relocate and remove versioned files

Delete the file from the working directory and stages the deletion

$ git rm [file]
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Remove the file from version control but preserves the file locally

$ git rm --cached [file]
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Change the file name and prepares it for commit

$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]
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SUPPRESS TRACKING

Exclude temporary files and paths

List all ignored files in this project

$ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard
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A text file named .gitignore suppresses accidental versioning of files and paths matching the specified paterns

*.log
build/
temp-*
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SAVE FRAGMENTS

Shelve and restore incomplete changes

Temporarily store all modified tracked files

$ git stash
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List all stashed changesets

$ git stash list
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Restore the most recently stashed files

$ git stash pop
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Discard the most recently stashed changeset

$ git stash drop
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REVIEW HISTORY

Browse and inspect the evolution of project files

List version history for the current branch

$ git log
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List version history for a file, including renames

$ git log --follow [file]
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Show content differences between two branches

$ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch]
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Output metadata and content changes of the specified commit

$ git show [commit]
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REDO COMMITS

Erase mistakes and craf replacement history

Undo all commits afer [commit], preserving changes locally

$ git reset [commit]
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Discard all history and changes back to the specified commit

$ git reset --hard [commit]
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SYNCHRONIZE CHANGES

Register a repository bookmark and exchange version history

Download all history from the repository bookmark

$ git fetch [bookmark]
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Combine bookmark’s branch into current local branch

$ git merge [bookmark]/[branch]
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Upload all local branch commits to GitHub

$ git push [alias] [branch]
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Download bookmark history and incorporates changes

$ git pull
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