git init # initiates git in the current directory
git remote add origin https://github.com/repo_name.git # add remote reposiory
git clone
# creates a git repo from given address (get the address from your git-server)
git clone -b # clones a git repo from the address into the given directory and checkout's the given branch
git clone -b --single-branch # Clones a single branch
git add file.txt # adds(stages) file.txt to the git
git add * # adds(stages) all new modifications, deletions, creations to the git
git reset file.txt # Removes file.txt from the stage
git reset --hard # Throws away all your uncommitted changes, hard reset files to HEAD
git rm file.txt # removes file.txt both from git and file system
git rm --cached file.txt # only removes file.txt both from git index
git status # shows the modifications and stuff that are not staged yet
git branch # shows all the branches (current branch is shown with a star)
git branch my-branch # creates my-branch
git branch -d my-branch # deletes my-branch
git checkout my-branch # switches to my-branch
git merge my-branch # merges my-branch to current branch
git push origin --delete my-branch # delete remote branch
git branch -m # rename the branch
git checkout --orphan # checkout a branch with no commit history
git branch -vv # list all branches and their upstreams, as well as last commit on branch
git branch -a # List all local and remote branches
git cherry-pick # merge the specified commit
git cherry-pick ^.. # pick the entire range of commits where A is older than B ( the ^ is for including A as well )
git remote # shows the remotes
git remote -v # shows the remote for pull and push
git remote add my-remote # creates a remote (get the address from your git-server)
git remote rm my-remote # Remove a remote
git log # shows the log of commits
git log --oneline # shows the log of commits, each commit in a single line
git log -p # change over time for a specific file
git log ^ # lists commit(s) in branch1 that are not in branch2
git log -n # lists the last x commits
git log -n --oneline # lists the last x commits, each commit in single line
git grep --heading --line-number '' # Find lines matching the pattern in tracked files
git log --grep='' # Search Commit log
git commit -m "msg" # commit changes with a msg
git commit -m "title" -m "description" # commit changes with a title and description
git commit --amend # combine staged changes with the previous commit, or edit the previous commit message without changing its snapshot
git commit --amend --no-edit # amends a commit without changing its commit message
git commit --amend --author='Author Name ' # Amend the author of a commit
git push my-remote my-branch # pushes the commits to the my-remote in my-branch (does not push the tags)
git revert # Undo a commit by creating a new commit
git show # shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits).
git diff # show changes between commits, commit and working tree
git diff --color # show colored diff
git diff --staged # Shows changes staged for commit
git tag # shows all the tags
git tag -a v1.0 -m "msg" # creates an annotated tag
git show v1.0 # shows the description of version-1.0 tag
git tag --delete v1.0 # deletes the tag in local directory
git push --delete my-remote v1.0 # deletes the tag in my-remote (be carefore to not delete a branch)
git push my-remote my-branch v1.0 # push v1.0 tag to my-remote in my-branch
git fetch --tags # pulls the tags from remote
git pull my-remote my-branch # pulls and tries to merge my-branch from my-remote to the current branch
git stash # stashes the staged and unstaged changes (git status will be clean after it)
git stash -u # stash everything including new untracked files (but not .gitignore)
git stash save "msg" # stash with a msg
git stash list # list all stashes
git stash pop # delete the recent stash and applies it
git stash pop stash@{2} # delete the {2} stash and applies it
git stash show # shows the description of stash
git stash apply # keep the stash and applies it to the git
git stash branch my-branch stash@{1} # creates a branch from your stash
git stash drop stash@{1} # deletes the {1} stash
git stash clear # clears all the stash
git rebase -i # Rebase commits from a commit ID
git rebase --abort # Abort a running rebase
git rebase --continue # Continue rebasing after fixing all conflicts
git clean -f # clean untracked files permanently
git clean -f -d/git clean -fd # To remove directories permanently
git clean -f -X/git clean -fX # To remove ignored files permanently
git clean -f -x/git clean -fx # To remove ignored and non-ignored files permanently
git config --global --list # lists the git configuration for all repos
git config --global --edit # opens an editor to edit the git config file
git config --global alias. # add git aliases to speed up workflow , eg. if handle is st and command is status then running git st would execute git status
.gitignore
# is a file including names of stuff that you don"t want to be staged or tracked.
# You usually keep your local files like database, media, and etc here.
# You can find good resources online about ignoring specific files in your project files.
# .gitignore is also get ignored
.git
# is a hidden directory in repo directory including git files. It is created after "git init".