GoMyCode Git Cheat Sheet

01 Git configuration 03 Day-To-Day Work

$ git config --global user.name “Your Name” $ git status
Set the name that will be attached to your commits and tags. Displays the status of your working directory. Options include new,
staged, and modified files. It will retrieve branch name, current commit
$ git config --global user.email “[email protected]” identifier, and changes pending commit.
Set the e-mail address that will be attached to your commits and tags.
$ git add [file]
$ git config --global color.ui auto Add a file to the staging area. Use in place of the full file path to add all
Enable some colorization of Git output. changed files from the current directory down into the directory tree.

$ git diff [file]

02 Starting A Project Show changes between working directory and staging area.

$ git init [project name] $ git diff --staged [file]

Create a new local repository. If [project name] is provided, Git will Shows any changes between the staging area and the repository.
create a new directory name [project name] and will initialize a
repository inside it. If [project name] is not provided, then a new $ git checkout -- [file]
repository is initialized in the current directory.
Discard changes in working directory. This operation is unrecovera-
ble.
$ git clone [project url]
Downloads a project with the entire history from the remote repository. $ git reset [file]
Revert your repository to a previous known working state.

$ git commit
Create a new commit from changes added to the staging area.
The commit must have a message!

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 $ git rm [file] 05 Review your work
Remove file from working directory and staging area.
$ git log [-n count]
$ git stash List commit history of current branch. -n count limits list to last n
Put current changes in your working directory into stash for later use. commits.

$ git stash pop $ git log --oneline --graph --decorate

Apply stored stash content into working directory, and clear stash. An overview with reference labels and history graph. One commit
per line.
$ git stash drop
Delete a specific stash from all your previous stashes. $ git log ref..
List commits that are present on the current branch and not merged
into ref. A ref can be a branch name or a tag name.
04 Git branching model
$ git log ..ref
$ git branch [-a] List commit that are present on ref and not merged into current
List all local branches in repository. With -a: show all branches branch.
(with remote).
$ git reflog
$ git branch [branch_name] List operations (e.g. checkouts or commits) made on local repository.
Create new branch, referencing the current HEAD.

$ git checkout [-b][branch_name]

Switch working directory to the specified branch. With -b: Git will
create the specified branch if it does not exist.

$ git merge [from name]

Join specified [from name] branch into your current branch (the one
you are on currently).

$ git branch -d [name]

Remove selected branch, if it is already merged into any other.
-D instead of -d forces deletion.

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 06 Tagging known commits 08 Synchronizing repositories
$ git tag $ git fetch [remote]
List all tags. Fetch changes from the remote, but not update tracking branches.

$ git tag [name] [commit sha] $ git fetch --prune [remote]

Create a tag reference named name for current commit. Add commit Delete remote Refs that were removed from the remote repository.
sha to tag a specific commit instead of current one.
$ git pull [remote]
$ git tag -a [name] [commit sha] Fetch changes from the remote and merge current branch with its
Create a tag object named name for current commit. upstream.

$ git tag -d [name] $ git push [--tags] [remote]

Remove a tag from local repository. Push local changes to the remote. Use --tags to push tags.

$ git push -u [remote] [branch]

07 Reverting changes Push local branch to remote repository. Set its copy as an upstream.
$ git reset [--hard] [target reference]
Switches the current branch to the target reference, leaving
a difference as an uncommitted change. When --hard is used, Commit an object
all changes are discarded. Branch a reference to a commit; can have a tracked upstream
Tag a reference (standard) or an object (annotated)
$ git revert [commit sha]
Create a new commit, reverting changes from the specified commit. Head a place where your working directory is now
It generates an inversion of changes.

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 A Git installation D The zoo of working areas
For GNU/Linux distributions, Git should be available in the standard Another remote repository. Git is a distributed
version control system. You can have as many
system repository. For example, in Debian/Ubuntu please type in Remote repository named origin? You’ve remote repositories as you want. Just remember
the terminal: probably made git clone from here. to update them frequently.

$ sudo apt-get install git Remote repo Remote repo

If you need to install Git from source, you can get it from (name: origin) (name: public)
git-scm.com/downloads.
Git fetch or git pull Git push Git push public master Remote repositories
An excellent Git course can be found in the great Pro Git book by
Scott Chacon and Ben Straub. The book is available online for free Local repositories
at git-scm.com/book.
Repository
Git commit

B Ignoring Files Changes committed here will be safe. If you are

doing backups! You are doing it, right? Index
(staging area)
$ cat .gitignore
Git reset HEAD
/logs/* Only index will be committed.
Choose wisely what to add!
!logs/.gitkeep Stash Git stash

/tmp Git add

*.swp A kind of shelf for the mess

you don’t want to include.
Working
Verify the .gitignore file exists in your project and ignore certain type
Git stash pop directory
of files, such as all files in logs directory (excluding the .gitkeep file),
whole tmp directory and all files *.swp. File ignoring will work for the You do all the hecking right here!
directory (and children directories) where .gitignore file is placed.

C Ignoring Files This is an origin/fix/a fix/a This is a local branch. It is 3 commits ahead,
upstream branch you see it, right?

This is a tag. It looks like a developer’s note working-version

so it’s probably a reference, not an object.
Master This is also a local branch

This is an initial commit, This is a tag. It looks like This is a merge commit,
V1.0.1
it has no parents a version so it’s probably it has two parents! HEAD Your working directory is here
an object (annotated tag)

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