Essential Git Cheatsheet!
🔧 Basic Commands
git init – Initialize a new Git repository.
git clone – Clone a remote repository.
git status – Check the status of your working directory.
git add – Stage changes for commit.
git commit -m "message" – Commit staged changes with a message.
git push – Push your local commits to the remote repository.
git pull – Fetch and merge changes from the remote repo.
git diff – Show changes in the working directory (uncommitted changes).
git diff --staged – Show changes between the staging area and last commit.
🛠️ Branching & Merging
git branch – List branches.
git branch – Create a new branch.
git checkout – Switch to another branch.
git checkout -b – Create and switch to a new branch.
git merge – Merge a branch into the current one.
git branch -d – Delete a branch after merging.
git branch -D – Forcefully delete a branch, even if it hasn’t merged.
🔄 Synchronizatio
git fetch – Download changes from remote without merging.
git rebase – Reapply commits on top of another branch to maintain linear history.
git pull --rebase – Fetch and reapply your changes on top of the latest remote changes.
git remote add – Add a new remote repository.
🎯 Advanced Git
git stash – Temporarily save changes without committing.
git stash pop – Reapply stashed changes.
git cherry-pick – Apply a specific commit to your current branch.
git log --oneline – View simplified commit history.
git reflog – Show the history of your reference changes (e.g., checkout, resets).
git log --graph --decorate --all – Show a visual commit history.
🚨 Undoing Changes
git reset – Unstage a file.
git reset --soft – Reset to a commit but keep changes in the working directory.
git reset --hard – Completely reset to a previous commit, discarding changes.
git revert – Create a new commit that undoes a specific commit.
⚙️ Collaborating with Others
git fork – Fork a repository on GitHub (via UI) to start contributing.
git pull origin – Pull changes from the original remote branch.
git push origin – Push your branch to the original repository for collaboration.
Over to you: did we miss anything?
