| Initialise Git |
git init |
| Configure user's username |
git config --global user.name “[username]” |
| Configure user email |
git config --global user.email “used-email” |
| Retrieve entire repo from remote |
git clone [url] |
| Add file to a repo |
git add [file] |
| Add all files |
git add . |
| Create a new file |
echo "# repo name" >> [file] |
| Commit a change |
git commit -m "Commit Command" |
| Check git status |
git status |
| Show all commit history in the current branch |
git log |
| Add remote url to an alias origin |
git remote add origin [url] |
| Set different url to origin alias |
git remote set-url origin [url] |
| Fetch all branches from git remote |
git fetch [alias] |
| Check origin url |
git remote -v |
| Check the available branches |
git branch -a |
| Merge a branch's history to a current branch |
git merge [branch] |
| Create new branch |
git branch [branchname] |
| Show the commits of branchA not in branchB |
git log branchB...branchA |
| Show commits that changed files across renames |
git log --follow [file] |
| Show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved |
git log --stat -M |
| Switch to another branch and check it out in your directory |
git checkout |
| Push local commit to exisitng repo |
git push -u origin master |
| Push commits fast forwarded |
git push -f origin master |
| Fetch and merge commits from tracking branch |
git pull |
| Uninstall git credentials |
git credential-manager uninstall |
| Install git credentials |
git credential-manager install |
| See what refs you have |
git show-ref |
| Change the ref path |
git push origin HEAD:main |
| Command line color |
git config --global color.ui auto |
| Unstage a file while retaining changes in working directory |
git reset [file] |
| Diff of what is changed but not staged |
git diff |
| Diff of what is staged but not yet committed |
git diff --staged |
| Diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB |
git diff branchB...branchA |
| Show any object in Git in human readable format |
git show [SHA] |
| Delete the file from project and stage removal for commit |
git rm [file] |
| Change the existing file path and stage move |
git mv [existing-path] [new-path] |
| Apply commit of current branch ahead of specified one |
git rebase [branch] |
| Clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit |
git reset --hard [commit] |
| Save modified and staged changes |
git stash |
| List stack-order of stashed file changes |
git stashed list |
| Write working from top of stash stack |
git stash pop |
| Discard the changes from top of stash stack |
git stash drop |