Github Command Cheat Sheet Latest-2023

SETUP
Configuring user information used across all local repositories

git config –global user.name “[firstname lastname]”
set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history


git config –global user.email “[valid-email]”
set an email address that will be associated with each history marker


git config –global color.ui auto
set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing


SETUP & INIT
Configuring user information, initializing and cloning repositories


git init
initialize an existing directory as a Git repository


git clone [url]
retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL

STAGE & SNAPSHOT
Working with snapshots and the Git staging area


git status
show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit


git add [file]
add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage)


git reset [file]
unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory


git diff
diff of what is changed but not staged


git diff –staged
diff of what is staged but not yet commited


git commit -m “[descriptive message]”
commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot

BRANCH & MERGE
Isolating work in branches, changing context, and integrating changes


git branch
list your branches. a * will appear next to the currently active branch


git branch [branch-name]
create a new branch at the current commit


git checkout
switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory


git merge [branch]
merge the specified branch’s history into the current one


git log
show all commits in the current branch’s history

INSPECT & COMPARE
Examining logs, diffs and object information


git log
show the commit history for the currently active branch


git log branchB..branchA
show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB


git log –follow [file]
show the commits that changed file, even across renames


git diff branchB…branchA
show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB


git show [SHA]
show any object in Git in human-readable format

TRACKING PATH CHANGES
Versioning file removes and path changes


git rm [file]
delete the file from project and stage the removal for commit


git mv [existing-path] [new-path]
change an existing file path and stage the move


git log –stat -M
show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved

IGNORING PATTERNS
Preventing unintentional staging or commiting of files


git config –global core.excludesfile [file]

SHARE & UPDATE
Retrieving updates from another repository and updating local repos


git remote add [alias] [url]
add a git URL as an alias


git fetch [alias]
fetch down all the branches from that Git remote


git merge [alias]/[branch]
merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date


git push [alias] [branch]
Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch


git pull
fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch

REWRITE HISTORY
Rewriting branches, updating commits and clearing history


git rebase [branch]
apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one


git reset –hard [commit]
clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit

TEMPORARY COMMITS
Temporarily store modified, tracked files in order to change branches


git stash
Save modified and staged changes


git stash list
list stack-order of stashed file changes


git stash pop
write working from top of stash stack


git stash drop
discard the changes from top of stash stack

Thanks for reading.

Questions

Q. What is use of git log ?

Q. What git remote add [alias] [url] do ?

Q. What is work of git init command ?

Q. git branch is used for ?

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