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