Git Commands

Table of Contents

1. Getting & Creating Projects
2. Basic Snapshotting
3. Branching & Merging
4. Working with Remote Repos
5. Inspection & Comparison
6. Tags
7. Useful Links

Getting & Creating Projects

Command	Description
git init	Initialize a local Git repository
git clone https://github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git	Create a local copy of a remote repository

Basic Snapshotting

Command	Description
git status	Check status of working tree against HEAD
git fetch	Check for updates on remote
git add [file-name.txt]	Add a file to the staging area
git add -A	Add all new and changed files to the staging area
git commit -m "[commit message]"	Commit changes with message
git commit -a -m "[commit message]"	Add all new/changed files and commit changes with message
git rm -r [file-name.txt]	Remove a file (or folder)
git rm --cached [file-name.txt]	Remove file (or folder) from index but don't delete

Branching & Merging

Command	Description
git branch	List branches (the asterisk denotes the current branch)
git branch -a	List all branches (local and remote)
git branch [branch name]	Create a new branch
git branch -d [branch name]	Delete a branch
git push origin --delete [branch name]	Delete a remote branch
git checkout -b [branch name]	Create a new branch and switch to it
git checkout -b [branch name] origin/[branch name]	Clone a remote branch and switch to it
git branch -m [old branch name] [new branch name]	Rename a local branch
git checkout [branch name]	Switch to a branch
git checkout -	Switch to the branch last checked out
git checkout -- [file-name.txt]	Discard changes to a file
git merge [branch name]	Merge a branch into the active branch
git merge [source branch] [target branch]	Merge a branch into a target branch
git stash	Stash changes in a dirty working directory
git stash clear	Remove all stashed entries

Working with Remote Repos

Command	Description
git remote -v	View all remote branches (verbose mode)
git push origin [branch name]	Push a branch to your remote repository
git push -u origin [branch name]	Push changes to remote repository (and remember the branch)
git push	Push changes to remote repository (remembered branch)
git push origin --delete [branch name]	Delete a remote branch
git pull	Update local repository to the newest commit
git pull origin [branch name]	Pull changes from remote repository
git remote rm [upstream]	Stop tracking upstream repository
git remote rename [old name] [new name]	Rename remote repository
git remote add origin https://github.com/[username]/[repository-name].git	Add a remote repository
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/[[username]/[repository-name].git	Set a repository's origin branch to HTTPS

Inspection & Comparison

Command	Description
git ls-files	View tracked files
git log	View changes
git log --summary	View changes (detailed)
git log --oneline	View changes (briefly)
git diff [source branch] [target branch]	Preview changes before merging

Tags

Command	Description
git tag	View list of tags
git tag -a [tag name] -m "[tag message]"	Create annotated tag
git show [tag name]	View tag data
git push origin [tagname]	Push tag to remote repository
git tag -d [tag name]	Delete tag on local repo

Useful links

https://www.w3docs.com/snippets/git/how-to-rename-git-local-and-remote-branches.html

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6127328/how-can-i-delete-all-git-branches-which-have-been-merged