git most used commands

git_commands.md

create branch from remote branch

• git checkout -b branch-name origin/branch-name

remote

• git remote add origin https://github.com/username/reponame.git
• git remote -v
• git branch --remote # to see all the branches from remote
• git checkout branch-name # checkout a branch from remote
• git remote rm destination # delete remote
• git remote rename origin destination # change remote name from 'origin' to 'destination'

stash uncommited changes

• git stash
• git stash save "my_stash" # save it with a custom message
• git stash save -u # stash uncommited and untracked changes
• git stash list
• git stash show -p stash@{1} # show stash changes
• git stash apply
• git stash apply stash@{0} # apply the staging changes at 0
• git stash clear
• git stash drop stash@{0} # remove the stashed work
• git stash pop stash@{0} # apply the stashed work and remove it from the stash

squash

• git rebase -i origin/master , then replace any the pick keyword with fixup from line 2 to the end of the commit list. afterwards save + exit., the force push : git push -f

overwrite from origin

• git fetch --all
• git reset --hard origin/master
• git pull origin master

set upstream

• git checkout -b mybranch
• git push -u origin mybranch #(this is similar to git branch --set-upstream my_branch origin/my_branch)

review all remote branch

• git branch -r
• git branch -v -a

clear cache remote branch

• git fetch --prune
• git fetch --all --prune
• git remote update --prune

remove local remote branch

• git branch -d the_local_branch
• git push origin :the_remote_branch

clean untracked files

• git clean -n #show what will be deleted
• git clean -fd #remove directories
• git clean -fX #remove ignored files
• git clean -fx #remove ignored and non-ignored files

configuration

• git config --global color.ui auto
• git config --global core.editor vim
• git config --global help.autocorrect 1
• git config --global color.ui auto
• git config --global credential.helper cache

aliases

• git config --global alias.co checkout
• git config --global alias.br branch
• git config --global alias.ci commit
• git config --global alias.st status
• git config --global alias.pr 'pull --rebase'
• git config --global alias.prc 'rebase --continue'
• git config --global alias.pra 'rebase --abort'
• git config --global alias.pf 'push -f'
• git config --global alias.fa 'fetch --all'
• git config --global alias.hist 'log --oneline --decorate --graph'
• git config --global alias.lg "log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit"

git revert - rollback to a previous state

• git reset --hard df9cf323 && git clean -f

find /path/to/files* -mtime +5 -exec rm {} ; 💃