zulip/docs/git-cheat-sheet-detailed.md

Git Cheat Sheet (Detailed)

See also fixing commits

Commands:

• add
  • git add foo.py: add foo.py to the staging area
  • git add foo.py bar.py: add foo.py AND bar.py to the staging area
• checkout
  • git checkout -b new-branch-name: create branch new-branch-name and switch/checkout to that new branch
  • git checkout master: switch to your master branch
  • git checkout old-branch-name: switch to an existing branch old-branch-name
• commit
  • git commit --amend: changing the last commit message. Read more here
• config
  • git config --global core.editor nano: set core editor to nano (you can set this to vim or others)
  • git config --global core.symlinks true: allow symbolic links
• diff
  • git diff: display the changes you have made to all files
  • git diff --cached: display the changes you have made to staged files
  • git diff HEAD~2..: display the 2 most recent changes you have made to files
• fetch
  • git fetch origin: fetch origin repository
  • git fetch upstream: fetch upstream repository
• grep
  • git grep update_unread_counts -- '*.js': search all files (ending in .js) for update_unread_counts
• log
  • git log: show commit logs
• pull
  • do not use for Zulip
• push
  • git push origin +branch-name: push your commits to your origin repository
• rebase
  • git rebase -i HEAD~3: interactive rebasing current branch with first three items on HEAD
  • git rebase -i master: interactive rebasing current branch with master branch
  • git rebase upstream/master: rebasing current branch with master branch from upstream repository
• reflog
  • git reflog | head -10: manage reference logs for the past 10 commits
• remote
  • git remote -v: display your origin and upstream repositories
• reset
  • git reset HEAD~2: reset two most recent commits
• rm
  • git rm oops.txt: remove oops.txt
• show
  • git show HEAD: display most recent commit
  • git show HEAD~~~: display third most recent commit
  • git show master: display most recent commit on master
• status
  • git status: show the working tree status, unstaged and staged files