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Git cheat sheet

Note : Text in Bold is Editable

git init : Turn Directory into git repository

git status : To know the current state of your

current working directory

git add file : Add file to staging area

git add . : All the files in current working

directory to stage

git commit -m "message" : It will commit all

staged files to local repository ( -a for automatic
staging)

git log : You can see all the commits/version of

your git project. (--oneline for oneline view)

rm -rf .git : Delete git repository

touch .gitignore : create .gitignore file, add those

file in it that you don't want to be tracked by git.

git rm --cached file : To untrack the tracked file

git restore --staged file : To unstage the staged

file

git checkout -- file: This command takes your

file to the last version means it undo all the
modifications

git checkout -f: To restore previous commit

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git config --global alias .st status : git alias

git config --global --unset alias.st: To

remove/unset alias

git branch : Total branch with name

git branch - v : Total branch with name and last

commit

git branch branchname : To create a new branch

git checkout branchname : Switch to new branch

git checkout -b branchname: Create and switch

at the same time

git log --oneline --graph --all : Show all branch

with commits

git branch -d branchname: To delete a merged

branch

git merge -D branchname : To delete a non-

merged branch forcefully

git merge branchname : To merge Branches

git merge --abort : To abort the conflict when

merging

git rebase branchname: To reabse the branch

git remote add remotename url : Add remote to

repo
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git push -u remotename branchname : push from

local repo to remote repo

git remote -v : To get info about remote

git clone url : Cloning a github repository

git remote remove remotename: To remove a

remote

git fetch remotename branchname : To fetch new

data for already cloned repo

git merge remotename/branchname : To merge

into working directory (Note : Fetch will add only
to local repo)

git pull remotename branchname: Fetch + Merge

git show commitid : Display the changes in

commit

git stash : To stash file

git stash list : List of stashed files

git stash apply stash@{x} : Apply stash to

staging area(x is any number)

git stash drop stash@{x} : To delete stash after

applying

git clean -f -d : Clean working directory

git commit --amend : Modify the message of last

commit
 git commit --amend --no-edit : Modify the
content of last commit

git checkout commitid : Travel to History to any

commit

git switch - : Head again on master (undo the

Head position)

git switch -c branchname : Create branch when

you made commit in previous snapshot

git revert commitid : Undo the changes of any

commit you want

git revert -n commitid : Explicitly commit the

revert changes

I git revert --abort : Abort the revert changes

git reset --soft commitid : Delete commits but

not file

git reset --hard commitid : Delete commit as well

as files