git cheat-sheet

Configure user information for all local repositories

Sets the name you want atached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global user.name "[name]"

Sets the email you want atached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global user.email "[email address]"

Enables helpful colorization of command line output
$ git config --global color.ui auto

###CREATE REPOSITORIES
Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL

Creates a new local repository with the specified name
$ git init [project-name]

Downloads a project and its entire version history
$ git clone [url]

Review edits and craf a commit transaction

Lists all new or modified files to be commited
$ git status

Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning
$ git add [file]

Unstages the file, but preserve its contents
$ git reset [file]

Shows file differences not yet staged
$ git diff

Shows file differences between staging and the last file version
$ git diff --staged

Records file snapshots permanently in version history
$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"

Name a series of commits and combine completed efforts

Lists all local branches in the current repository
$ git branch

Creates a new branch
$ git branch [branch-name]

Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory
$ git checkout [branch-name]

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

Deletes the specified branch
$ git branch -d [branch-name]

Relocate and remove versioned files

Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion
$ git rm [file]

Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally
$ git rm --cached [file]

Changes the file name and prepares it for commit
$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]

Exclude temporary files and paths

Lists all ignored files in this project
$ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard

A text file named .gitignore suppresses accidental versioning of
files and paths matching the specified paterns

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*.log
build/
temp-*

Shelve and restore incomplete changes

Temporarily stores all modified tracked files
$ git stash

Lists all stashed changesets
$ git stash list

Restores the most recently stashed files
$ git stash pop

Discards the most recently stashed changeset
$ git stash drop

Browse and inspect the evolution of project files

Lists version history for the current branch
$ git log

Lists version history for a file, including renames
$ git log --follow [file]

Shows content differences between two branches
$ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch]

Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit
$ git show [commit]

Erase mistakes and craf replacement history

Undoes all commits afer [commit], preserving changes locally
$ git reset [commit]

Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit
$ git reset --hard [commit]

Register a repository bookmark and exchange version history

Downloads all history from the repository bookmark
$ git fetch [bookmark]

Combines bookmark’s branch into current local branch
$ git merge [bookmark]/[branch]

Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub
$ git push [alias] [branch]

Downloads bookmark history and incorporates changes
$ git pull