Git Cheat Sheet - Most Used Commands
Configuration
Set the global config
shell
git config --global user.name "[name]"
git config --global user.email "[email]"
Get started
Create a git repository
shell
git init
Pull a git repository
shell
git pull [url]
Clone an existing git repository
shell
git clone [url]
Commit
Commit all tracked changes
shell
git commit -am "[commit message]"
Add new modifications to the last commit
shell
git commit --amend --no-edit
Branches
Lists all local branches in your repository (use -a for local and remote branches)
shell
git branch
Switch to an existing branch
shell
git switch [branch name]
Create a new branch
shell
git checkout -b [branch name]
I’ve made a mistake
Change last commit message
shell
git commit --amend
Undo most recent commit and keep changes
shell
git reset HEAD~1
Undo the N most recent commit and keep changes
shell
git reset HEAD~N
Undo most recent commit and get rid of changes
shell
git reset HEAD~1 --hard
Reset branch to remote state
shell
git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/[branch-name]
Miscellaneous
Renaming the local master branch to main
shell
git branch -m master main
Checking log graph
shell
git log --graph
Checking log graph (merges only)
shell
git log --graph --merges
Tracking down a bad commit using binary search
shell
git bisect start
git bisect good 13c988d4f15e06bcdd0b0af290086a3079cdadb0
git bisect bad ca82a6dff817ec66f44342007202690a93763949
Pulling new changes into current branch from mainline
shell
git checkout [branch-name]
git fetch origin [master-branch-name]
git rebase origin/[master-branch-name]