Clone an existing repository
$ git clone ssh://[email protected] /repo.git
Create a new local repository
$ git init
Changed files in your working directory
$ git status
$ git diff
Add all current changes to the next commit
$ git add .
Add some changes in to the next commit
$ git add -p <file>
Commit all local changes in tracked files
$ git commit -a
Commit previously staged changes
$ git commit
Don‘t amend published commits!
$ git commit --amend
Show all commits, starting with newest
$ git log
Show changes over time for a specific file
$ git log -p <file>
Who changed what and when in
$ git blame <file>
List all existing branches
$ git branch -av
$ git checkout <branch>
Create a new branch based on your current HEAD
$ git branch <new-branch>
Create a new tracking branch based on a remote branch
$ git checkout --track <remote/branch>
$ git branch -d <branch>
Mark the current commit with a tag
$ git tag <tag-name>
List all currently configured remotes
$ git remote -v
Show information about a remote
$ git remote show <remote>
Add new remote repository, named
$ git remote add <shortname> <url>
Download all changes from , but don‘t integrate into HEAD
$ git fetch <remote>
Download changes and directly merge/integrate into HEAD
$ git pull <remote> <branch>
Publish local changes on a remote
$ git push <remote> <branch>
Delete a branch on the remote
$ git branch -dr <remote/branch>
$ git push --tags
Merge into your current HEAD
$ git merge <branch>
Rebase your current HEAD onto
Don‘t rebase published commits!
$ git rebase <branch>
$ git rebase --abort
Continue a rebase after resolving conflicts
$ git rebase --continue
Use your configured merge tool to solve conflicts
$ git mergetool
Use your editor to manually solve conflicts and (after resolving) mark file as resolved
$ git add <resolved-file>
$ git rm <resolved-file>
If you want to remove the file only from the Git repository and not remove it from the filesystem
$ git rm --cached <resolved-file>
Discard all local changes in your working directory
$ git reset --hard HEAD
Discard local changes in a specific file
$ git checkout HEAD <file>
Revert a commit (by producing a new commit with contrary changes)
$ git revert <commit>
Reset your HEAD pointer to a previous commit …and discard all changes since then
$ git reset --hard <commit>
…and preserve all changes as unstaged changes
$ git reset <commit>
…and preserve uncommitted local changes
$ git reset --keep <commit>
Remove all untracked files and directories. (-f
is force
, -d
is remove directories
)
$ git clean -fd
Get help on the command line
$ git help <command>