GitHub CheatSheet by RiyazAhamad(theriyazo)

Created: November 6, 2021 1:17 AM

Materials: src_1, src_2

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Git Commit History # :

💲 git log

Going back to a commit #
💲 git checkout < hash-code >

Most Used Git Commands

Rename master to main #

💲 git branch -m master main

Initial Git Login commands

Configure your user name
💲 git config --global user.name "your_github_username"
Configure your email id used for github
💲 git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

List hidden files

💲 ls -a

Complete Log

💲 git log

gives the <hashNumber> and details
to exit git log → q or z

Logs changes

💲 git add < file >

Adding commit message

💲 git commit -m "< message >"

Logs commit

💲 git commit -m < file >

current tree status

💲 git status

vi editor

enter vi
💲 vi
exit vi editor
💲 [ESC] : x

Files

To create file
💲 touch < file >
To look inside file
💲 cat < file >
Remove/Delete file
💲 rm -rf < file >

Staging

Adding a particular file
💲 git add < file >
Adding all the files
💲 git add .
To add all files with the particular extension
💲 git add *.< fileExtension >
Un-stage particular commit changes
💲 git reset < hashNum >
Removing file from stage
💲 git restore - - staged < file > 💲 git rm - - cached < file >

Stash

Adding files to Stash
💲 git stash
- adds all the files to stash
Adding message to a stash
💲 git stash save "< message >"
Pop the Stash files
💲 git stash pop
To clear the stash
💲 git stash clear
To list stash
💲 git stash list
To Pop particular files
💲 git stash pop stash@{indexNo}

Remote Repository

Adding remote Repo to local repo
💲 git remote add origin < https://gitRepoURL.git >
To check attached URLs
💲 git remote -v
To push changes to remote Repo
💲 git push origin < HEAD Branch >
- for main or master branch it will be git push origin main or git push origin master
- for branch → git push origin <branchName>
To pull remote repo commits/changes
💲 git pull
To remove remote repo URL
💲 git remove remote origin
To update remote repo
💲 git remote set-url origin < newRemoteRepoURL.git >
To add add Upstream (forked repo URL)
💲 git remote add upstream < URL >
To check remote repo
💲 git remote
To clone remote repo
💲 git clone < repoURL >

Branching

To Create new branch
💲 git branch < branchName >
To Switch to particular branch
💲 git checkout < branchName >
To Create new branch and switch to it
💲 git checkout -b < branchName >
Merge the current branch
💲 git merge < branchName >
- make sure you've switched to the branch you want the other branch to merge with.

Basic git bash commands

To move previous directory
💲 cd ..
To move to home directory
💲 cd ~
To move to root
💲 cd /