Git command cheat sheet
Git Configuration & Setup
Here are Git configuration and setup commands:
| Commands | Description |
| git config –global user.name “Your Name” | Set your username globally. |
| git config –global user.email “youremail@example.com” | Set your email globally. |
| git config –global color.ui auto – | Set to display colored output in the terminal |
| git help | Display the main help documentation, showing a list of commonly used Git commands. |
Initializing a Repository
Here are the Git initializing a repository commands:
| Commands | Description |
| git init | Initializes a new Git repository in the current directory. |
| git init <directory> | Creates a new Git repository in the specified directory. |
| git clone <repository_url> | this Clones a repository from a remote server to your local machine. |
| git clone –branch <branch_name> <repository_url> | Clones a specific branch from a repository. |
Basic Git Commands
Here are some basic Git commands:
| Commands | Description |
| git add <file> | Adds a specific file to the staging area. |
| git add . or git add –all | Adds all modified and new files to the staging area. |
| git status | Shows the current state of your repository, including tracked and untracked files, modified files, and branch information. |
| git status –ignored | Displays ignored files in addition to the regular status output. |
| git diff | Shows the changes between the working directory and the staging area (index). |
| git diff <commit1> <commit2> | Displays the differences between two commits. |
| git diff –staged or git diff –cached | Displays the changes between the staging area (index) and the last commit. |
| git diff HEAD | Display the difference between the current directory and the last commit |
| git commit | Creates a new commit with the changes in the staging area and opens the default text editor for adding a commit message. |
| git commit -m “<message>” or git commit –message “<message>” | Creates a new commit with the changes in the staging area and specifies the commit message inline. |
| git commit -a or git commit –all | Commits all modified and deleted files in the repository without explicitly using git add to stage the changes. |
| git notes add | Creates a new note and associates it with an object (commit, tag, etc.). |
| git restore <file> | Restores the file in the working directory to its state in the last commit. |
| git reset <commit> | Moves the branch pointer to a specified commit, resetting the staging area and the working directory to match the specified commit. |
| git reset –soft <commit> | Moves the branch pointer to a specified commit, preserving the changes in the staging area and the working directory. |
| git reset –hard <commit> | Moves the branch pointer to a specified commit, discarding all changes in the staging area and the working directory, effectively resetting the repository to the specified commit. |
| git rm <file> | Removes a file from both the working directory and the repository, staging the deletion. |
| git mv | Moves or renames a file or directory in your Git repository. |