Useful git commands

git-cheatsheet.sh

# push to new github repo
git remote add origin [email protected]:jxu/repo.git  # use set-url if already set
git push -u origin master

# check out a remote branch
git fetch
git branch -v -a  # list all branches
git switch branchname

# change remote a branch is tracking
git branch branchname -u origin/branchname 

# Throw away all changes, staged and unstaged
git reset --hard
git clean -fd  # remove untracked files

# reset master to origin/master
git checkout -C master origin/master

# delete branch
git branch -d branchname  # local
git push -d origin branchname  # remote

# rename branch
git branch -m oldname newname

# file diffs
git diff HEAD  # colored diff with last committed 
git diff --word-diff=color  # diff by word instead of line
git diff --stat  # show lines changed

# easy to read log, one line per commit
git log -all --oneline --graph

# show changed files per commit
git log --stat