This cheat sheet summarizes commonly used Git command line instructions for quick reference.
Create a new local repository
$ git init [project name] Clone a repository
$ git clone git_url Clone a repository into a specified directory
$ git clone git_url my_directory Show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit
$ git status Stages the file, ready for commit
$ git add [file] Stage all changed files, ready for commit
$ git add . Commit all staged files to versioned history
$ git commit -m "commit message" Commit all your tracked files to versioned history
$ git commit -am "commit message" Discard changes in working directory which is not staged
$ git restore [file] Unstage a stagged file or file which is staged
$ git restore --staged [file] Unstages file, keeping the file changes
$ git reset [file] Revert everything to the last commit
$ git reset --hard Diff of what is changed but not staged
$ git diff Diff of what is staged but not yet commited
$ git diff --staged Apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one
$ git rebase [branch] Set the name that will be attached to your commits and tags
$ git config --global user.name "name" Set an email address that will be attached to your commits and tags
$ git config --global user.email "email" Enable some colorization of Git output
$ git config --global color.ui auto Edit the global configuration file in a text editor
$ git config --global --edit List all local branches
$ git branch List all branches, local and remote
$ git branch -av Switch to my_branch, and update working directory
$ git checkout my_branch Create a new branch called new_branch
$ git checkout -b new_branch Delete the branch called my_branch
$ git branch -d my_branch Merge branchA into branchB
$ git checkout branchB $ git merge branchA Tag the current commit
$ git tag my_tag Show the commit history for the currently active branch
$ git log Show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB
$ git log branchB..branchA Show the commits that changed file, even across renames
$ git log --follow [file] Show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB
$ git diff branchB. branchA Show any object in Git in human-readable format
$ git show [SHA] Fetch down all the branches from that Git remote
$ git fetch [alias] Merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date
$ git merge [alias]/[branch] # No fast-forward $ git merge --no-ff [alias]/[branch] # Only fast-forward $ git merge --ff-only [alias]/[branch] Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch
$ git push [alias] [branch] Fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch
$ git pull Merge just one specific commit from another branch to your current branch
$ git cherry-pick [commit_id] Add a git URL as an alias
$ git remote add [alias] [url] Show the names of the remote repositories you've set up
$ git remote Show the names and URLs of the remote repositories
$ git remote -v Remove a remote repository
$ git remote rm [remote repo name] Change the URL of the git repo
$ git remote set-url origin [git_url] Save modified and staged changes
$ git stash List stack-order of stashed file changes
$ git stash list Write working from top of stash stack
$ git stash pop Discard the changes from top of stash stack
$ git stash drop Delete the file from project and stage the removal for commit
$ git rm [file] Change an existing file path and stage the move
$ git mv [existing-path] [new-path] Show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved
$ git log --stat -M /logs/* # "!" means don't ignore !logs/.gitkeep /# Ignore Mac system files .DS_store # Ignore node_modules folder node_modules # Ignore SASS config files .sass-cache A .gitignore file specifies intentionally untracked files that Git should ignore