git.md

GIT

Clone an existing repository

[git](/man/git) clone [url]

Initialize new version-controlled project

[git](/man/git) init

Save changes to the repository

[git](/man/git) add . [git](/man/git) commit -m "first commit"

Current state of the repository

[git](/man/git) status

Create a new branch

[git](/man/git) branch [branchName]

List all remote or local branches

[git](/man/git) branch -a

Delete a branch

[git](/man/git) branch -d [branchName]

Merge changes into current branch

[git](/man/git) merge [branchName]

Checkout an existing branch

[git](/man/git) checkout [branchName] [git](/man/git) switch [branchName]

Checkout and create a new branch with that name

[git](/man/git) checkout -b [newBranch] [git](/man/git) switch -c [newBranch]

Create a tag

[git](/man/git) tag [tagName]

Delete the tag

[git](/man/git) tag -d [tagName]

Push tags

[git](/man/git) push --tags

Get the latest version of a repository

[git](/man/git) pull [branchName] [remoteURL/remoteName]

Add remote repository

[git](/man/git) remote add [remoteName] [remoteURL]

Define the author name to be used for all commits

[git](/man/git) config --global user.name [name]

Define the author email to be used for all commits

[git](/man/git) config --global user.email [email]

Helpful guides that come with Git

[git](/man/git) help -g

Undo the previous commit

[git](/man/git) revert HEAD^

Forget about files that were tracked but are now in .gitignore

[git](/man/git) rm -r --cached . [git](/man/git) add . [git](/man/git) commit -am "remove ignored files"

Send local commits to the remote repository

[git](/man/git) push [remoteURL/remoteName] [branch]

Store current work with untracked files

[git](/man/git) stash -u

Bring stashed work back to the working directory

[git](/man/git) stash pop

Remove a file from the working index (cached)

[git](/man/git) rm --cached [fileName]

Delete a file (force)

[git](/man/git) rm -f [fileName]

Remove an entire directory from the working index (cached)

[git](/man/git) rm -r --cached [directoryName]

Delete an entire directory (force)

[git](/man/git) rm -r -f [directoryName]

Delete a remote branch

[git](/man/git) push origin :[branchName]

Show commit log

[git](/man/git) log [git](/man/git) log --oneline

Show changes

[git](/man/git) diff

Show remote URLs

[git](/man/git) remote -v

Amend last commit message

[git](/man/git) commit --amend

Blame a file

[git](/man/git) blame [fileName]

Cherry-pick a commit

[git](/man/git) cherry-pick [commitHash]

Rebase onto another branch

[git](/man/git) rebase [branchName]