git.md

Git cheatsheet

1) Turn an existing directory into a git repository

git init

2) Download or clone a repo

git clone [url]

3) Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions

git config --global user.name "[name]"

4) Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions

git config --global user.email "[email address]"

5) To create a new branch

git branch "branch-name"

6) Switch to another branch

git checkout "branch-name"

7) Check which branch is active

git status

8) Delete a branch

The -d option stands for --delete, which would delete the local branch, only if you have already pushed and merged it with your remote branches.

git branch -d "branch-name"

The -D option stands for --delete --force, which deletes the branch regardless of its push and merge status, so be careful using this one!

git branch -D "branch-name"

9) Delete branch in remote repo

git push "remote-name" --delete "branch-name"

10) Mereg another branch's changes into your current branch

git merge "branch-name"

11) Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub

git push origin

12) Commit local changes into remote repo

git commit -m "commit-message"

13) Updates your current local working branch with all new commits from the corresponding remote branch

git pull

14) Temporary save your local branch changes

git stash

15) View and fetch your temporary changes from local branch

git stash pop

16) Reset a commit

git reset "commit-id"

17) Updating the local list of remote branches

git remote update origin --prune