Git commands in my day by day
Recopilatory of most used git commands in my day by day
STAGE & SNAPSHOT
Working with snapshots and the Git staging area
git status - show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit
git add (file) - add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage)
git init - initialize a existing directory as Git repository
git commit --amend -
git commit -m “descriptive message” - commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot
git clone (url) - retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL
git reset (file) - unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory
BRANCH & MERGE
Isolating work in branches, changing context, and integrating changes
git branch - list your branches. a * will appear next to the currently active branch
git branch (branch-name) - create a new branch at the current commit
git checkout - switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory
git merge (branch) - merge the specified branch’s history into the current one
git log - show all commits in the current branch’s history
INSPECT & COMPARE
Examining logs, diffs and object information
git log - show the commit history for the currently active branch
git log branchB..branchA - show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB
git log --follow (file) -show the commits that changed file, even across renames
git diff branchB...branchA - show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB
git show (SHA) - show any object in Git in human-readable format
SHARE & UPDATE
Retrieving updates from another repository and updating local repos
git remote add (alias) (url) - add a git URL as an alias
git fetch (alias) - fetch down all the branches from that Git remote
git merge (alias)/(branch) - merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date
git push (alias) (branch) - send local branch commits to the remote repository branch
git pull - fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch
TRACKING PATH CHANGES
Versioning file removes and path changes
git rm [file] - delete the file from project and stage the removal for commit
git mv [existing-path] [new-path] - change an existing file path and stage the move
git log --stat -M - show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved
git rm --cached [file] - Remove a file from project if you upload by mistake or you add this file to gitignore late
TEMPORARY COMMITS
Temporarily store modified, tracked files in order to change branches
git stash - Save modified and staged changes
git stash list - list stack-order of stashed file changes
git stash pop - write working from top of stash stack
git stash drop -discard the changes from top of stash stack
Source: https://education.github.com/git-cheat-sheet-education.pdf
