GIT CHEAT SHEET V 1.1.
Git is the open source distributed version control system that facilitates GitHub activities on your laptop or
desktop. This cheat sheet summarizes commonly used Git command line instructions for quick reference.
INSTALL GIT MAKE CHANGES
GitHub provides desktop clients that include a graphical user Review edits and craft a commit transaction
interface for the most common repository actions and an automati-
cally updating command line edition of Git for advanced scenarios. $ git status
GitHub for Windows Lists all new or modified files to be committed
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$ git diff
GitHub for Mac Shows file differences not yet staged
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$ git add [file]
Git distributions for Linux and POSIX systems are available on the Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning
official Git SCM web site. $ git diff --staged
Git for All Platforms Shows file differences between staging and the last file version
http://git-scm.com
$ git reset [file]
Unstages the file, but preserve its contents
CONFIGURE TOOLING $ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"
Configure user information for all local repositories
Records file snapshots permanently in version history
$ git config --global user.name "[name]"
Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global user.email "[email address]"
GROUP CHANGES
Name a series of commits and combine completed efforts
Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions
$ git branch
$ git config --global color.ui auto
Lists all local branches in the current repository
Enables helpful colorization of command line output
$ git branch [branch-name]
Creates a new branch
CREATE REPOSITORIES $ git checkout [branch-name]
Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL
Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory
$ git init [project-name] $ git merge [branch]
Creates a new local repository with the specified name Combines the specified branch’s history into the current branch
$ git clone [url] $ git branch -d [branch-name]
Downloads a project and its entire version history Deletes the specified branch
GIT CHEAT SHEET
REFACTOR FILENAMES REVIEW HISTORY
Relocate and remove versioned files Browse and inspect the evolution of project files
$ git rm [file] $ git log
Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion Lists version history for the current branch
$ git rm --cached [file] $ git log --follow [file]
Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally Lists version history for a file, including renames
$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed] $ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch]
Changes the file name and prepares it for commit Shows content differences between two branches
$ git show [commit]
Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit
SUPPRESS TRACKING
Exclude temporary files and paths
*.log
REDO COMMITS
build/ Erase mistakes and craft replacement history
temp-*
$ git reset [commit]
A text file named .gitignore suppresses accidental versioning of
files and paths matching the specified patterns Undoes all commits after [commit], preserving changes locally
$ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard $ git reset --hard [commit]
Lists all ignored files in this project Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit
SAVE FRAGMENTS SYNCHRONIZE CHANGES
Shelve and restore incomplete changes Register a repository bookmark and exchange version history
$ git stash $ git fetch [bookmark]
Temporarily stores all modified tracked files Downloads all history from the repository bookmark
$ git stash pop $ git merge [bookmark]/[branch]
Restores the most recently stashed files Combines bookmark’s branch into current local branch
$ git stash list $ git push [alias] [branch]
Lists all stashed changesets Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub
$ git stash drop $ git pull
Discards the most recently stashed changeset Downloads bookmark history and incorporates changes
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