Git Commands
A list of Git commands
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Tell Git who you are
Description | Command |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 .
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Commit changes | git commit -m "<commit message>" |
Remove a file (or folder) | git rm -r <file-name.txt> |
Inspection & Comparison
Description | Command |
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View changes | git log |
View changes (detailed) | git log --summary |
View changes in one line (briefly) |
git log --oneline or git log --pretty=oneline orgit log --pretty=short
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Undo to previous file
Description | Command |
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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 |
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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 |
Sharing & Updating Projects
Description | Command |
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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 |
Top comments (2)
@vimalverma checkout the somewhat new
git switch
andgit restore
Thanks for suggestions 🤩