Git hub - Quick Start Reference

Hello Buddies,

Sharing a quick-start reference which I came across while working with Git repo.

Here are some quick commands -

CONFIGURE TOOLING

Configure user information for all local repositories -

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

Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions

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

Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions

$ git config --global color.ui auto

Enables helpful colorization of the command line output

CREATE REPOSITORIES

Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL -

$ git init [project-name]

Creates a new local repository with the specified name

$ git clone [url]

Downloads a project and its entire version history

MAKE CHANGES

Review edits and creates a commit transaction -

$ git status

Lists all new or modified files to be committed

$ git add [file]

Snapshots the file in preparation for the versioning

$ git reset [file]

Un-stages the file, but preserves its contents

$ git diff

Shows file differences that are not yet staged

$ git diff --staged

Shows file differences between the staging and the last file version

$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"

Records file snapshots permanently in the version history

GROUP CHANGES

Name a series of commits and combine completed efforts -

$ git branch

Lists all the local branches in the current repository

$ git branch [branch-name]

Creates a new branch

$ git checkout [branch-name]

Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory

$ git merge [branch]

Combines the specified branch’s history into the current branch

$ git branch -d [branch-name]

Deletes the specified branch

REFACTOR FILENAMES

Relocate and remove versioned files -

$ git rm [file]

Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion

$ git rm --cached [file]

Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally

$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]

Changes the file name and prepares it for the commit

REVIEW HISTORY

Browse and inspect the evolution of project files -

$ git log

Lists version history for the current branch

$ git log --follow [file]

Lists version history for a file, including renames

$ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch]

Shows content differences between the two branches

$ git show [commit]

Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit

SUPPRESS TRACKING

Exclude temporary files and paths -

*.log build/ temp-*

A text file named .gitignore suppresses accidental versioning of files and paths matching the specified patterns

$ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard

Lists all ignored files in this project

REDO COMMITS

Erase mistakes and crafts replacement history -

$ git reset [commit]

Undoes all commits after [commit], preserving changes locally

$ git reset --hard [commit]

Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit

SAVE FRAGMENTS

Shelve and restore incomplete changes -

$ git stash

Temporarily stores all modified tracked files

$ git stash list

Lists all stashed changesets

$ git stash pop

Restores the most recently stashed files

$ git stash drop

Discards the most recently stashed changeset

SYNCHRONIZE CHANGES

Register a repository bookmark and exchange version history -

$ git fetch [bookmark]

Downloads all the history from the repository bookmark

$ git merge [bookmark]/[branch]

Combines bookmark’s branch into the current local branch

$ git push [alias] [branch]

Uploads all the local branch commits to GitHub

$ git pull

Downloads bookmark history and incorporates the changes

Source :

https://services.github.com/on-demand/downloads/github-git-cheat-sheet.pdf

Happy Coding!!