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Git Cheat Sheet

Git commands organised by workflow — setup, staging, branching, merging, rebasing and remote.

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Free Tools/Git Cheat Sheet

Git Cheat Sheet

Git commands organised by workflow — setup, staging, branching, merging, rebasing and remote.

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git initInitialise a new local repository.

git clone <url>Clone a remote repository locally.

git clone --depth 1 <url>Shallow clone — only the latest commit.

git config --global user.name "Name"Set your global author name.

git config --global user.email "email"Set your global author email.

git statusShow the working tree status.

git log --oneline --graphCompact branch graph log.

git diffShow unstaged changes.

git diff --stagedShow staged (indexed) changes.

git show <commit>Show details of a specific commit.

git add .Stage all changes in the current directory.

git add -pInteractively stage hunks.

git restore --staged <file>Unstage a file without losing changes.

git commit -m "message"Commit staged changes with a message.

git commit --amendEdit the last commit message or add more changes.

git commit --amend --no-editAmend last commit keeping the message.

git branchList local branches.

git branch -aList all branches including remote-tracking.

git branch <name>Create a new branch.

git branch -d <name>Delete a merged branch.

git branch -D <name>Force-delete a branch regardless of merge state.

git switch <branch>Switch to an existing branch.

git switch -c <name>Create and switch to a new branch.

git merge <branch>Merge a branch into the current branch.

git merge --no-ff <branch>Always create a merge commit (no fast-forward).

git merge --squash <branch>Squash all commits from branch into one staged change.

git rebase <branch>Rebase current branch onto another.

git rebase -i HEAD~<n>Interactive rebase on the last n commits.

git rebase --abortAbort an in-progress rebase.

git rebase --continueContinue after resolving conflicts.

git remote -vList remotes with their URLs.

git remote add origin <url>Add a remote named origin.

git fetchDownload changes without merging.

git pullFetch and merge (or rebase) from remote.

git pull --rebaseFetch and rebase instead of merge.

git push origin <branch>Push a branch to the remote.

git push -u origin <branch>Push and set upstream tracking.

git push --force-with-leaseSafer force-push — fails if someone else pushed.

git stashStash current changes.

git stash popApply and drop the latest stash.

git stash listList all stashes.

git stash apply stash@{n}Apply a specific stash without dropping it.

git stash drop stash@{n}Delete a specific stash.

git tag v1.0.0Create a lightweight tag at HEAD.

git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "msg"Create an annotated tag.

git push origin --tagsPush all tags to remote.

git reset HEAD~1Undo the last commit, keep changes staged.

git reset --hard HEAD~1Undo and discard the last commit's changes.

git revert <commit>Create a new commit that undoes a previous commit.

git restore <file>Discard unstaged changes in a file.

git clean -fdRemove untracked files and directories.

git cherry-pick <commit>Apply a specific commit onto the current branch.

git bisect startBegin binary search to find a bug-introducing commit.

git blame <file>Show who last modified each line of a file.

git reflogShow the history of HEAD — useful for recovery.

git worktree add <path> <branch>Check out a branch into a new directory (worktree).