GIT CHEATSHEET

git config --global user.name "[firstname lastname]"
Set a name that is identifiable for credit when reviewing version history

git config --global user.email "[valid-email]"
Set an email address that will be associated with each history marker

git config --global color.ui auto
Set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing

git init
Initialize an existing directory as a Git repository

git clone [url]
Retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL

git status
Show modified files in the working directory, staged for your next commit

git add [file]
Add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage

git reset [file]
Unstaged a file while retaining the changes in the working directory

git diff
Diff of what is changed but not staged

git diff --staged
Diff of what is staged but not yet committed

git commit -m “[descriptive message]”
Commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot

git branch
List your branches. a * will appear next to the currently active branch

git branch [branch-name]
Create a new branch at the current commit

git checkout
Switch to another branch and check it out in your working directory

git merge [branch]
Merge the specified branch’s history into the current one

git log
Show all commits in the current branch’s history

git log
Show the commit history for the currently active branch

git log branchB..branchA
Show the commits on branch A that are not on branch B

git log --follow [file]
Show the commits that changed file(s), even across renames

git diff branch B...branch A
Show the diff between what is in branch A that is not in branch B

git show [SHA]
Show any object in Git in human-readable format

git rm [file]
Delete the file from the project and stage the removal for commit

git mv [existing-path] [new-path]
Change an existing file path and stage the move

git log --stat -M
Show all commit logs with an indication of any paths that moved

logs/
*.notes
pattern*/
Save a file with desired patterns as .gitignore with either direct string
matches or wildcard globs.

git config --global core.excludesfile [file]
System-wide ignore pattern for all local repositories

git remote add [alias] [url]
Add a git URL as an alias

git fetch [alias]
Fetch down all the branches from that Git remote

git merge [alias]/[branch]
Merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date

git push [alias] [branch]
Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch

git pull
Fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch

git rebase [branch]
Apply any commits of the current branch ahead of the specified one

git reset --hard [commit]
Clear staging area, rewrite working tree from the specified commit

git stash
Save modified and staged changes

git stash list
List stack-order of stashed file changes

git stash pop
Write working from the top of the stash stack

git stash drop
Discard the changes from the top of the stash stack