Git Commands Quick List
Russell Bateman
February 2019
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Git Commands Quick ListRussell Bateman |
(Yes, I do accept suggestions for commands to be added to this summary.)
| Description | Command | |
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| Configuration | ||
| Configure author name to be used with commits | git config --global user.name "Jack the Ripper" | |
| Configure author e-mail address to be used with commits | git config --global user.email [email protected] | |
| Configure to enable color in git messages | git config color.ui true | |
| Remove user credential details from repository | git config --local credential.helper "" | |
| List all configured remote repository URLs | git remote -v | |
| Add a remote server to a local repository | git remote add origin URL | |
| commit and push | ||
| List changes/status | git status | |
| List changes/status short version | git status -s | |
| Stage a file for commit | git add filepath | |
| Stage all files for commit | git add . | |
| Command changes to HEAD with message | git commit -m "message" | |
| Push all commits to repository | git push | |
| Push commits to named branch of remote repository | git origin branch | |
| checkout and pull | ||
| Initialize local filesystem subdirectory as repository | git init | |
| Clone repository to local filesystem subdirectory | git clone URL | |
| Download objects and references from remote master | git fetch origin master | |
| Merge another branch into current | git merge branch-name | |
| Fetch and merge changes from the remote | git pull | |
| View merge conflicts | git diff | |
| View conflicts against base | git diff −−base filename | |
| Preview changes (before merging) | git diff source-branch target-branch | |
| branch | ||
| List branches in repository | git branch | |
| Switch to a branch | git checkout branch-name | |
| Create new branch and switch to it | git checkout -b branch-name | |
| Create new branch off of master and switch to it | git checkout -b branch-name master | |
| Delete branch from repository | git branch -d branch-name | |
| clean | ||
| Clean repository to initial stage | git clean -x -d -f | |
| Reset local repository and point local master to latest | git reset −−hard origin/master | |
| Fetch and merge all changes from remote master to local | git pull origin master | |
| Other commands | ||
| Tag to mark a significant change, such as a release | git tag version commit id | |
| Discover commit ids | git log | |
| Push all tags to remote | git push −−tags origin | |
| (After messing up), replace changes in local with HEAD | git checkout −− filename | |
| Search local for "foo()" | git grep "foo()" | |