Git Cheat Sheet: A Quick Reference Guide

$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Assign Your Email

$ git config --global user.email xyz@domain.com

Initialization

Initialize Git in Your Folder

$ git init

Show Git Status

$ git status

Basic Commands

Add File to Staging Area

$ git add index.html

Commit File

$ git commit

Commit with Message

$ git commit -m "Added more HTMLs"

Send All Files to Staging Area

$ git add -A

Recover File or Match Last Commit

$ git checkout index.html

Recover All Files

$ git checkout -f

Viewing Commits

View Commit Log

$ git log

Filter Commit Log

$ git log -p (number of commits)

Comparisons

Working Tree and Staging Area

$ git diff

Compare Last Commit to Staging Area

$ git diff --staged

Advanced Committing

Commit All Files Directly

$ git commit -a -m "Skipped staging area and fixed"

Remove File from Directory and Staging Area

$ git rm about.html

Remove File from Staging Area

$ git rm --cached about.html

Show Staging and Working Tree Status

$ git status -s

Remote Repositories

Add Remote Repo (Origin)

$ git remote add origin https://github.com/Prome-theus/CSES.git

Get Remote Repo Links

$ git remote -v

Push to Remote Repo (Origin - Master Branch)

$ git push origin master

Change Remote Repo URL

$ git remote set-url origin git@github.com:Prome-theus/CSES.git

Push to Remote Repo with Default Branch Set

$ git push -u origin master

Clone a Repository

$ git clone {url}

Branching

Create a New Branch

$ git branch feature1

Show All Branches

$ git branch

Switch Branch

$ git checkout feature1

Merge Branch to Master

$ git merge feature1

Create and Switch to a New Branch

$ git checkout -b htmlcodes

Git Ignore

Create a .gitignore file in your directory to specify files you want to ignore in the repository.

For example:

mylogs.log
*.log
/mylogs.log
ignore/

Remember to add and commit the .gitignore file to your repository.

Branching Note

The master branch is typically considered the main branch.

This cheat sheet covers essential Git commands, but feel free to explore more features and options in the official Git cheatsheet. Happy coding!