Git Cheatsheet ^-^

This is a complete guide with 100 Git commands.
From basics to advanced workflows — everything you need to feel like a Git Ninja 🥷.

Basics

git init — create a new repository

git clone — clone a project

git status — check current changes

git add — add a file to staging

git add . — add all files

git commit -m “msg” — commit changes

git log — full commit history

git log –oneline — short history view

git show — details of a commit

git diff — show unstaged changes

Branches

git branch — list all branches

git branch — create a branch

git checkout — switch to a branch

git checkout -b — create and switch

git switch — switch branch (modern way)

git switch -c — create and switch (modern way)

git merge — merge a branch

git rebase — reapply commits on top

git branch -d — delete branch

git branch -D — force delete branch

Remote Repositories

git remote -v — show all remotes

git remote add origin — add a remote

git push origin — push branch to remote

git push -u origin — push and set upstream

git pull origin — pull from remote

git fetch — fetch changes without merging

git remote remove origin — remove a remote

git remote rename old new — rename a remote

git remote set-url origin — change remote URL

git push origin –delete — delete remote branch

Managing Changes

git diff –staged — compare staged changes

git reset — unstage a file

git reset –hard — reset to commit (delete changes)

git reset –soft — reset but keep changes

git revert — undo commit by new commit

git checkout – — restore file

git restore — modern restore file

git restore –staged — unstage file (modern way)

git commit –amend — edit last commit

git commit –amend -m “msg” — edit commit message

Stash

git stash — save changes temporarily

git stash list — list all stashes

git stash pop — restore last stash and delete it

git stash apply stash@{n} — apply specific stash

git stash drop stash@{n} — delete stash

git stash clear — delete all stashes

git stash save “msg” — save stash with message

git stash show — show stash changes

git stash branch — create branch from stash

git stash show -p — show patch of stash

Cherry-pick & Tags

git cherry-pick — apply commit from another branch

git cherry-pick -n — apply without commit

git cherry-pick –continue — continue after conflict

git cherry-pick –abort — stop cherry-pick

git tag — create tag

git tag -a -m “msg” — annotated tag

git push origin — push tag to remote

git push origin –tags — push all tags

git tag -d — delete tag locally

git push origin :refs/tags/ — delete tag remotely

Logs and History

git log –graph –oneline –all — graph view

git log –stat — show changes in each commit

git log –pretty=oneline — compact view

git log –pretty=format:"%h - %an, %ar : %s" — custom log format

git shortlog -sn — contributors list

git reflog — complete action history

git blame — show who edited each line

git annotate — similar to blame

git show-branch — show branch history

git whatchanged — show commits and changes

Advanced

git bisect start — start binary search for bug

git bisect bad — mark commit as bad

git bisect good — mark commit as good

git bisect reset — finish bisect

git clean -fd — delete untracked files

git clean -n — preview untracked delete

git submodule add — add submodule

git submodule update –init — initialize submodules

git submodule foreach git pull — update submodules

git archive –format=zip HEAD > file.zip — export project

Collaboration & Workflow

git fetch –all — fetch all branches

git pull –rebase — pull with rebase

git push –force — force push

git push –force-with-lease — safe force push

git rebase -i HEAD~n — interactive rebase

git merge –squash — squash merge

git rebase –abort — abort rebase

git rebase –continue — continue rebase

git merge –abort — abort merge

git cherry — show unmerged commits

Misc

git help — show help

git config –list — show config

git config –global user.name “Name” — set username

git config –global user.email “Email” — set email

git config core.editor “code –wait” — set editor

git init –bare — create bare repo

git archive — archive branch

git fsck — check integrity

git gc — clean up repository

gitk — open Git GUI

Key Points ^-^

100 commands cover 90% of daily and advanced Git usage

Don’t memorize, use this as a reference

Git is about save points, branches and history merging