• Git help commands

Difference of a file in two different Commits

See brief one-line history of last $x$ commits

Comparing commits

Viewing commit history w/ git bash

git describe

git show

Use Cases

Beginner

• Cloning repositories
  • git clone <repository-url>
  • git clone <repository-url> <local-directory>
  • git clone --branch <branch-name> <repository-url>
• Creating a new branch
  • git branch <branch-name>
  • git checkout -b <branch-name>
  • git switch -c <branch-name>
• Committing changes
  • git add <file-name>
  • git commit -m "Commit message"
  • git commit -am "Commit message"
• Pushing changes to the remote repository
  • git push <remote-name> <branch-name>
  • git push -u <remote-name> <branch-name>
  • git push --force <remote-name> <branch-name>
• Checking the status of the repository
  • git status
• Checking the commit history
  • git log
  • git log --oneline
  • git log --author=<author-name>
• Resolving merge conflicts
  • git merge <branch-name>
  • git merge --abort
  • git merge --no-commit

Intermediate

• Rebasing branches
  • git rebase <branch-name>
  • git rebase --continue
  • git rebase --abort
• Stashing changes
  • git stash
  • git stash apply
  • git stash drop
• Creating and applying patches
  • git diff > changes.patch
  • git apply changes.patch
  • git format-patch <commit>
• Managing multiple remote repositories
  • git remote
  • git remote add <remote-name> <repository-url>
  • git remote set-url <remote-name> <repository-url>
• Cherry-picking commits
  • git cherry-pick <commit>
  • git cherry-pick -n <commit>
  • git cherry-pick -x <commit>
• Undoing changes with git reset and git revert
  • git reset <commit>
  • git reset --hard <commit>
  • git revert <commit>