git-cheat-sheet

Personal cheat sheet for common Git Commands

Initializing

Command	Desciption
git clone <remote_repo_url>	clone a repository using remote hosts such as GitHub, GitLab, DagsHub, etc (using HTTP or SSH sntax)
git init	initialize git tracking inside the current directory

Adding and modifying files

Command	Desciption
git status	show which files are in the staging area
git add [filename]	add a file to the staging area
git reset [filename]	remove a file from the staging area
git diff	show all the changes in the repository
git diff -r HEAD	compare state of the file with those in the staging area (-r flag means "compare to a particular version" and HEAD refers to "the most recent commit")
git commit -m "[message]"	save the changes in the staging area
git commit --amend -m "[new message]"	change an accidentally mistyped commit message

Logging and viewing history

Command	Desciption
git log	view the log of the project's history (log entries are shown most recent first)
git show [commit hash]	view the detials of a specific commit (using first few characters of the commit's hash)
git annotate [filename]	show who made the last change to each line of the file and when

Pulling pushing

Command	Desciption
git pull [remote branch]	pull changes from the remote branch
git push [remote name] [ branch name]	push changes made locally to a remote repository