Git Like a Pro: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet Developers Secretly Bookmark
🔥 Why This Cheat Sheet Will Save Your Sanity No more frantic searches for “how to undo a Git commit” mid-crisis. Master advanced workflows (rebasing, submodules, Gitflow) like a 10x engineer. Troubleshoot disasters with commands like git reflog and fsck. 💻 The Ultimate Git Commands Cheat Sheet Setup & Configuration Command Description git --version Check Git version git config --global user.name "Name" Set username globally git config --global user.email "email@example.com" Set email globally git config --list List all configurations git config --global core.editor "editor" Set default editor git config --global init.defaultBranch main Set default branch name git config --global alias.<alias-name> "<git-command>" Create command alias git config --global --unset <config-name> Unset a config value Repository Initialization Command Description git init Initialize a new Git repository git init --bare Initialize a bare repository git clone <repository-url> Clone a repository git clone --depth <depth> <repository-url> Clone with limited history git clone --branch <branch-name> <repository-url> Clone a specific branch Basic Operations Command Description git status Show working tree status git add <file> Add file to staging area git add . Add all files to staging area git add -p Interactively add changes git commit -m "message" Commit staged changes git commit -a -m "message" Add and commit all changes git commit --amend Amend the last commit git commit --amend --no-edit Amend last commit without changing message Viewing Changes Command Description git diff Show unstaged changes git diff --staged Show staged changes git diff <commit1> <commit2> Compare two commits git diff <branch1> <branch2> Compare two branches git show <commit> Show a specific commit git log Show commit history git log --oneline Show commit history in one line format git log --graph Show commit history as a graph git log -p Show commit history with diffs git log --stat Show commit history with stats git log --author="name" Filter commits by author git log --since="date" Filter commits since date git log --until="date" Filter commits until date git log --grep="pattern" Filter commits by pattern git blame <file> Show who changed each line in a file git reflog Show reference logs Undoing Changes Command Description git restore <file> Discard changes in working directory git restore --staged <file> Unstage changes git reset <commit> Reset to a specific commit (keep changes) git reset --hard <commit> Reset to a specific commit (discard changes) git reset --soft <commit> Reset to a specific commit (keep staged) git revert <commit> Create a new commit that undoes changes git rm <file> Remove file from working directory and staging git rm --cached <file> Remove file from staging area only git clean -n Show what files would be removed git clean -f Remove untracked files git clean -fd Remove untracked files and directories Branching & Merging Command Description git branch List local branches git branch -a List all branches (local and remote) git branch -r List remote branches git branch <branch-name> Create a new branch git branch -d <branch-name> Delete a branch git branch -D <branch-name> Force delete a branch git branch -m <new-name> Rename current branch git branch -m <old-name> <new-name> Rename specific branch git switch <branch-name> Switch to a branch git switch -c <branch-name> Create and switch to a new branch git checkout <branch-name> Switch to a branch (older method) git checkout -b <branch-name> Create and switch to a new branch (older method) git checkout - Switch to the previous branch git checkout <commit> <file> Checkout file from specific commit git merge <branch-name> Merge a branch into current branch git merge --no-ff <branch-name> Merge a branch creating a merge commit git merge --abort Abort a merge in case of conflicts git mergetool Launch merge conflict resolution tool Rebasing Command Description git rebase <branch-name> Rebase current branch onto another git rebase -i <commit> Interactive rebase git rebase --abort Abort a rebase git rebase --continue Continue rebase after resolving conflicts git rebase --skip Skip current patch and continue Stashing Command Description git stash Stash changes git stash push -m "message" Stash changes with a message git stash list List stashes git stash show <stash@{n}> Show stash changes git stash apply <stash@{n}> Apply stash without removing git stash pop <stash@{n}> Apply stash and remove it git stash drop <stash@{n}> Remove a stash git stash clear Remove all stashes Remote Operations Command Description git remote List remotes git remote -v List remotes with URLs git remote add <name> <url> Add a new remote git remote remove <name> Remove a remote git remote rename <old-name> <new-name> Rename a remote git remote set-url <name> <url> Change remote URL git fetch <remote> Fetch from remote git fetch --all Fetch from all remotes git pull <remote> <branch> Fetch and merge from remote git pull --rebase <remote> <branch> Fetch and rebase from remote git push <remote> <branch> Push to remote git push -f <remote> <branch> Force push to remote git push --set-upstream <remote> <branch> Push and set upstream git push <remote> --delete <branch> Delete remote branch git push --tags Push tags to remote Tagging Command Description git tag List tags git tag <tag-name> Create a lightweight tag git tag -a <tag-name> -m "message" Create an annotated tag git tag -d <tag-name> Delete a tag git push <remote> <tag-name> Push a tag to remote git push <remote> --tags Push all tags to remote git checkout <tag-name> Checkout a tag Worktrees Command Description git worktree list List worktrees git worktree add <path> <branch> Create a new worktree git worktree remove <path> Remove a worktree git worktree prune Prune worktree information Submodules Command Description git submodule add <repository-url> <path> Add a submodule git submodule init Initialize submodules git submodule update Update submodules git submodule update --init --recursive Initialize and update all submodules recursively git submodule foreach <command> Execute command in each submodule Advanced Operations Command Description git cherry-pick <commit> Apply changes from a specific commit git cherry-pick --continue Continue cherry-pick after resolving conflicts git cherry-pick --abort Abort a cherry-pick git rebase -i --autosquash <commit> Interactive rebase with autosquash git bisect start Start binary search for issues git bisect good <commit> Mark commit as good git bisect bad <commit> Mark commit as bad git bisect reset Reset bisect state git grep <pattern> Search for pattern in tracked files git archive --format=zip HEAD > archive.zip Create a zip archive of the repository git shortlog Show commit counts by author git shortlog -sn Show commit counts sorted by number git rev-parse HEAD Get full SHA-1 of current commit git rev-parse --short HEAD Get short SHA-1 of current commit git fsck Check repository integrity git gc Garbage collection git prune Remove unreachable objects git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/*.idx Verify packed objects Gitflow Operations Command Description git flow init Initialize gitflow in repository git flow feature start <name> Start a new feature git flow feature finish <name> Finish a feature git flow release start <version> Start a release git flow release finish <version> Finish a release git flow hotfix start <version> Start a hotfix git flow hotfix finish <version> Finish a hotfix Git Hooks Command Description git hook list List available hooks .git/hooks/pre-commit Pre-commit hook .git/hooks/commit-msg Commit message hook .git/hooks/post-commit Post-commit hook .git/hooks/pre-push Pre-push hook Troubleshooting Command Description git fsck Check repository integrity git gc Garbage collection git prune Remove unreachable objects git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/*.idx Verify packed objects git count-objects -v Count objects and show size git show-ref List references git reset --hard Reset to HEAD discarding changes git clean -fd Remove untracked files and directories git reflog expire --expire=now --all Expire all reflog entries git gc --prune=now Garbage collection with pruning 🤔 Did We Miss Anything? 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