My git commands cheatsheet

Basic commands

Configure the author name and email address to be used with commits

      
git config --global user.name "Roland dela Pena"
git config --global user.email [email protected]
      
    

Initialize a new local repository

      
git init
      
    

Check out a local repository

      
git clone /path
      
    

Check out a remote repository

      
git clone username@host:/path
      
    

Include file(s) to staging

      
git add filename1.php filename2.php filename3.php
      
    

Commit all staged and not staged files added/modified

      
git commit -am "Commit message"
      
    

Push to the master branch of remote repository:

      
git push origin master
      
    

Show all staged, not staged or untracked files

      
git status
      
    

Fetch and merge changes on the remote repository to local repository

      
git pull
      
    

... or

      
git fetch
git merge origin/master
      
    

Move file(s)

      
git mv foldersource foldertarget
      
    

... or

      
git add -A
      
    

Change comment message of last commit

      
git comit --amend
      
    

View commits history

      
git log --oneline
      
    

Undoing change commands

Undo the modifications made in one unstaged file permanently

      
git checkout filename.php
      
    

Undo the modifications made in all unstaged files permanently

      
git reset --hard HEAD
      
    

Unstage the modified staged files

      
git reset HEAD
      
    

Delete all untracked files permanently

      
git clean -f
      
    

Undo single commit (without destroying any of the history)

      
git revert HEAD
      
    

Undo any commits (rewrite history and destroy some commits made)

      
git reset --hard be32f3a
      
    

Note: be32f3a is a git short hash.

Branch commands

Create new branch named "dev"

      
git checkout -b dev
      
    

Create new branch named "dev" and pull from master branch

      
git checkout -b dev master
      
    

List all branch

      
git branch -a
      
    

Switch to "dev" branch

      
git checkout dev
      
    

Merge dev branch to master branch (with Fast Forward)

      
git checkout master
git merge dev
      
    

Merge dev branch to master branch (without Fast Forward)

      
git checkout master
git merge --no-ff dev
      
    

Undo merge branch

      
git checkout master
git reset --hard be32f3a
      
    

Where be32f3a is a git short hash referenced before the merge.

Save "dev" branch to remote repository

      
git push origin dev
      
    

Track "dev" branch from remote repository

      
git checkout --track origin/dev
      
    

Setup local "dev" branch to track remote "dev" branch pull down changes from remote repository

      
git branch --set-upstream dev origin/dev
      
    

Delete local "dev" branch

      
git branch -d dev
      
    

Delete a remote "dev" branch

      
git push origin :dev
      
    

Stash commands

Save stash

      
git stash save "Stash message"
      
    

Apply stash to current branch

      
git stash apply stash@{0}
      
    

View all stash

      
git stash list
      
    

Remove a stash

      
git stash drop stash@{0}
      
    

Tag commands

Create tag named "1.0"

      
git tag 1.0 -am "Tag message"
      
    

Save tag "1.0" to remote repository

      
Git push origin 1.0
      
    

View all tags

      
git tag -l
      
    

Undo a commit using created tag "1.0" (rewrite history and destroy some commits made)

      
git reset --hard 1.0
      
    

Change tag name from 1.x-alpha to 1.x-alpha1

      
git tag 1.x-alpha1 1.x-alpha
git tag -d 1.x-alpha