# Git Cheat Sheet

Common git commands.

| Command | Description |
| :------ | ----------: | 
| git config -\-global user.name | Set Git username for all directories |
| git config -\-global user.name | Set Git user email for all directories |
| git init | Initialize a directory as a repository |
| git status | See status of current changed, staged, and committed files |
| git add \<filename\> | Add a file to the staging area to be committed |
| git add \<folder\> | Add all files in a folder to the staging area |
| git commit -m "\<message\>" | Commit staged files with a commit message |
| git log | See Git history (commit log) |
| git push | Push any new commits to GitHub |
| git fetch | Fetch information about the remote, without pulling new code down |
| git pull | Pull any new commits from GitHub |
| git merge \<from branch\> \<into branch\> | Merge code from one branch into another branch |
| git branch | See list of branches and which you are on |
| git checkout \<branch name\> | Checkout an existing branch |
| git checkout -b \<new branch name\> | Checkout a new branch |
| git checkout \<commit hash\> | Checkout a particular committed vesrion of the code |
| git checkout \<filename\> | Restore file to latest committed version on current branch |
| git checkout \<commit hash\> -\- \<path to file\> | Checkout a particular committed version of a single file |
| git show \<commit hash\>:\<path to file\> | See a particular committed version of a single file, without changing the file |
| git -\-set-upstream origin \<branch name\> | Set a new branch to track itself at origin (first push on new branch) |
| git revert \<commit hash\> | Undo a particular commit |
| git cherry-pick \<commit hash\> | Add a single commit |