🌿 Version Control

Git Cheat Sheet

This Git cheat sheet covers the essential commands for daily work: staging and committing, branching and merging, working with remotes, inspecting history, and safely undoing changes. Use the search box to filter commands instantly.

Setup & Config

git config --global user.name "Name"Set the name attached to your commits

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"Set the email attached to your commits

git initCreate a new Git repository in the current folder

git clone <url>Copy a remote repository locally

Staging & Committing

git statusShow changed, staged and untracked files

git add <file>Stage a file for the next commit

git add -AStage all changes (new, modified, deleted)

git commit -m "message"Commit staged changes with a message

git commit --amendEdit the most recent commit

Branching & Merging

git branchList local branches

git switch -c <name>Create and switch to a new branch

git switch <name>Switch to an existing branch

git merge <branch>Merge a branch into the current one

git rebase <branch>Reapply commits on top of another branch

Remotes

git remote -vList configured remotes

git pushUpload local commits to the remote

git push -u origin <branch>Push and set the upstream branch

git pullFetch and merge remote changes

git fetchDownload remote changes without merging

Inspecting History

git log --oneline --graphCompact, visual commit history

git diffShow unstaged changes

git diff --stagedShow staged changes

git blame <file>Show who last changed each line

Undoing Changes

git restore <file>Discard unstaged changes to a file

git restore --staged <file>Unstage a file, keeping changes

git reset --soft HEAD~1Undo last commit, keep changes staged

git revert <commit>Create a new commit that undoes another

git stashTemporarily shelve uncommitted changes