git-cheatsheet.md

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Git Cheat Sheet

Remember :

The only way to master Git is through Practice

Configuring you Git

Syntax	Description
$ git config --global user.name "Username"	Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global user.email "Email"	Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global color.ui auto	Colorization of command line output

Creating Repository

Syntax	Description
$ git init	Turn an existing directory into a git repository
$ git clone [url]	Clone a repository that already exists on GitHub

Operations on Files

Syntax	Description
$ git add	Adds a file to Staging area
$ git add *	Adds all files to Staging area
$ git commit -a	Stages files automatically
$ git log -p	Produces patch text
$ git show	Shows various objects
$ git diff	Can show the differences in various commits
$ git diff --staged	Show all staged files compared to the named commit
$ git add -p	Allows a user to interactively review patches to add to the current commit
$ git mv	Moves a file
$ git rm	Removes a file

Reverting Changes

Syntax	Description
$ git reset	Resets the repo, throwing away some changes
$ git commit --amend	Make changes to commits
$ git revert	New commit which effectively rolls back a previous commit

Branches

Syntax	Description
$ git branch	Used to manage branches
$ git branch	Creates the branch
$ git branch -d	Deletes the branch
$ git branch -D	Forcibly deletes the branch
$ git checkout	Switches to a branch
$ git checkout -b	Creates a new branch and switches to it
$ git merge	Merge joins branches together
$ git merge --abort	abort the merge action (In case of merge conflict)
$ git log --graph --oneline	This shows a summarized view of the commit history for a repo

Interaction with Remote Repository

Syntax	Description
$ git push	Git push is used to push commits from your local repo to a remote repo
$ git pull	Git pull is used to fetch the newest updates from a remote repository

Remotes

Syntax	Description
$ git remote	Lists remote repos
$ git remote -v	List remote repos verbosely
$ git remote show	Describes a single remote repo
$ git remote update	Fetches the most up-to-date objects
$ git fetch	Downloads specific objects
$ git branch -r	Lists remote branches; can be combined with other branch arguments to manage remote branches

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