Git cheat sheet

itGit Cheat Sheet http://git.or.cz/ Remember: git command --help Global Git configuration is stored in $HOME/.gitconfig (git config --help)

Commands Sequence the curves indicate that the command on the right is usually executed after the command on the left. This gives an idea of the flow of commands someone usually does with Git.

CREATE

BROWSE

CHANGE

REVERT

UPDATE

BRANCH

init clone

Create
From existing data

Concepts Git Basics master origin HEAD HEAD^ HEAD~4 : default development branch : default upstream repository : current branch : parent of HEAD : the great-great grandparent of HEAD

status log show diff branch

reset checkout revert

pull fetch merge am

checkout branch

commit

COMMIT

push format-patch PUBLISH

cd ~/projects/myproject git init git add .
From existing repo

git clone ~/existing/repo ~/new/repo git clone git://host.org/project.git git clone ssh://[e-mail]/proj.git

Show
Files changed in working directory

Revert git reset --hard
Return to the last committed state
!

you cannot undo a hard reset

git status git diff

Revert the last commit

Update
Fetch latest changes from origin

Publish
Commit all your local changes

Changes to tracked files What changed between $ID1 and $ID2

git revert HEAD

Creates a new commit

Revert specific commit

git fetch

(but this does not merge them).

git commit -a
Prepare a patch for other developers

git revert $id
Fix the last commit

Creates a new commit

Pull latest changes from origin

git diff $id1 $id2 git log

git pull

History of changes History of changes for file with diffs

git commit -a --amend

(does a fetch followed by a merge)

git format-patch origin git push

(after editing the broken files)

Apply a patch that some sent you

Push changes to origin

Checkout the $id version of a file

git am -3 patch.mbox

git log -p $file $dir/ec/tory/ git blame $file git show $id