Important GIT Commands Daily Use

Important GIT Commands Daily Use.

There is plenty of git cheat sheet available on the internet but still, I am trying to write one blog on a git cheat sheet for new students/engineers or users. I am trying to write all possible simple and daily use git cheat sheets here.

Important GIT Commands Daily Use.

Getting Started

Set the name and email that will be attached to your commits and tag

$ git config --global user.name "Amol Gadage"

$ git config --global user.email "amolgadge666gmail.com"

Create new repository

$ git init (in project working directory)

Adding files and committing

$ git add . (adds all files under current directory)

$ git commit -m 'initial commit'

Checking status

$ git status

$ git log [--pretty=oneline]

Cloning a repository from GitHub

Cloning a public repository

$ git clone git://github.com/path-to-repository/project.git

Cloning a private repository (to which we can later push changes):

$ git clone git@github.com:username/project.git

Synchronizing changes

Pull changes from the original source of clone (no need to specify remote repository name as it is stored when the repository was first cloned):

$ git pull

Make changes, add and commit then push updates to the remote repository

$ git push

Branches

$ git branch mybranch (create the branch named 'mybranch')

$ git checkout mybranch (switch to the branch)

$ git checkout master (switch back to the master branch)

$ git branch (list all branches)

Pushing a branch

$ git push origin mybranch

Merging a branch

$ git checkout master (first switch to the master branch)

$ git merge mybranch (merge all changes from mybranch into the master branch)

$ gid add <file> (fix and add any conflicts)

$ git commit -m 'merged changes'

Delete a branch

$ git branch -d mybranch

Deleting a remote branch

$ git push origin :mybranch

Logs

View changes (patches)

$ git log -p

View Stats

$ git log --stat

Use one-line output

$ git log --pretty=oneline

View branches

$ git log --pretty=oneline --graph

Search commit messages

$ git log --grep='pattern' --pretty=oneline

File History

$ git log --pretty=oneline -- <file>

Directory History

$ git log --pretty=oneline --all -- <dir>

Do not show merges

$ git log --pretty=oneline --no-merges

Show last 5 commits

$ git log --pretty=oneline -5

Commits between two other commits

$ git log master..mybranch --pretty=oneline

$ git log

Diff

Show modifications not yet staged

$ git diff

Show modifications not yet committed

$ git diff --staged

Show all changes since the last commit

$ git diff HEAD

Show changes to a file since a specific (tagged) commit

$ git diff v1.0 -- <file>

Show stats for differences between two (tagged) commits

$ git diff v1.0 v1.1 --stat

Undo Changes

Unstage a file

$ git reset HEAD <file>

If you cannot remember this create an alias as follows:

$ git config --global alias.unstage 'reset HEAD'

$ git unstage <file>

Discard changes to a file

$ git checkout -- <file>

Breaking Existing Commits to a Branch

Make a note of the SHAR for the commit that you want to rollback to:

$ git log --pretty=oneline

Then switch to the branch and reset the head to the required commit

$ git branch mybranch

$ git reset --hard <SHAR>

If the previous head was pushed to a repository

$ git push --force (deletes all later changes!)

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Important GIT Commands Daily Use