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This cheat sheet provides essential Git and GitHub commands for setup, repository management, making changes, branching, merging, stashing, and interacting with remote repositories. It includes commands for checking Git version, configuring user details, creating and managing branches, and handling commits. Additionally, it covers how to use .gitignore to untrack files and folders.

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Git

This cheat sheet provides essential Git and GitHub commands for setup, repository management, making changes, branching, merging, stashing, and interacting with remote repositories. It includes commands for checking Git version, configuring user details, creating and managing branches, and handling commits. Additionally, it covers how to use .gitignore to untrack files and folders.

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GIT & GITHUB CHEAT-SHEET

Neel Soni
Setup and Config

To check Git version git --version

To add username globally git config --global user.name "[name]"

To add user email globally git config --global user.email "[email


address]"

To set repository-specific username git config user.name "[name]"

To set repository-specific email git config user.email "[email]"

To check status of git git status

Create Repositories

To initialize Git repository git init

To clone Git repository git clone [url]

Make Changes

To add all the file to staging area git add .

To add specific file/folder to staging area git add [file/folder name]

To commit changes in git git commit -m "[Your Message for this commit]"

To get the list of version history git log

Version history in one line git log –oneline

To check differences between two files git diff [file1] [file2]

To check differences between two branches git diff [branch1] [branch2]

To check changes of a commit git show [commit id]

Branches

To get list of branches git branch [option]


option:
--all
To check current branch git branch

To create a new branch git branch [branch name]


git checkout -b [branch name]

To change the branch git switch [branch name]


git checkout [branch name]

To delete specific branch git branch -d [branch name]

Merge, Rebase and Cherry-Pick

To merge two branches git merge -m "[merge message]" [branch]

To rebase two branches git rebase [branch]

To get specific commit from a branch to current branch git cherry-pick [commit]
and head point to it

Reset and Revert

To go back to the previous commit by destroying other in- git reset [commit]
between commits

To go back to the previous commit by putting the git revert [commit]


previous commit to the latest commit

Stash

To save the changes without committing them git stash

To show the changes recorded in the stash git stash show

To bring the changes back and remove from stash list git stash pop

To bring the changes back and not removing from stash git stash apply
list

To remove the stash entries git stash [option]


option:
drop – to remove a single entry
clear – to remove all the entries

Git and GitHub

To clone GitHub repository git clone [url]


To add GitHub remote repository git remote add [expression] [option] [url]
expression:
origin
upstream
staging

options:
add – to add repository
remove – to remove repository

To fetch branches and/or tags from other repositories git fetch [option]
option:
--all – to fetch all the branch
--prune – to remove any remote-tracking
references that no longer exist on the remote

To push the changes to the remote repository git push [option] [branch]
options:
origin - specific tag branch
--all - push all branches

To get (pull) changes from a remote repository into the git pull [options] [branch]
current branch options:
-r – rebase the current branch on top of the
upstream branch
--no-rebase – will not perform rebase

Git ignore

To untrack the files in git touch .gitignore


add line by line file/folder path in the
.gitignore file to untrack from git.

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