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Git Help

Sometimes you just need a little help.

Git Help

Github Git Cheat Sheet

CONFIGURE TOOLING

Configure user information for all local repositories

$ git config --global user.name "[name]"
Sets the name you want atached to your commit transactions

$ git config --global user.email "[email address]"
Sets the email you want atached to your commit transactions

$ git config --global color.ui auto
Enables helpful colorization of command line output

CREATE REPOSITORIES

Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL

$ git init [project-name]
Creates a new local repository with the specified name

$ git clone [url]
Downloads a project and its entire version history

MAKE CHANGES

Review edits and craft a commit transaction

$ git status
Lists all new or modified files to be commited

$ git diff
Shows file differences not yet staged

$ git add [file]
Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning

$ git diff --staged
Shows file differences between staging and the last file version

$ git reset [file]
Unstages the file, but preserve its contents

$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"
Records file snapshots permanently in version history

GROUP CHANGES

Name a series of commits and combine completed efforts

$ git branch
Lists all local branches in the current repository

$ git branch [branch-name]
Creates a new branch

$ git checkout [branch-name]
Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory

$ git merge [branch]
Combines the specified branch’s history into the current branch

$ git branch -d [branch-name]
Deletes the specified branch

Refactor file names

Relocate and remove versioned files

$ git rm [file]

Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion

$ git rm --cached [file]

Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally

$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]

Changes the file name and prepare it for commit

Review history

Browse and inspect the evolution of project files

$ git log

Lists version history for the current branch

$ git log --follow [file]

Lists version history for the file, including renames

$ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch]

Shows content differences between two branches

$ git show [commit]

Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit

Suppress tracking

Exclude temporary files and paths

*.log
build/
temp-*
A text file named .gitignore suppresses accidental versioning of files and paths matching the specified patterns

$ git ls-files --others --ignored --exclude-standard

Lists all ignored files in this project

Redo commits

Erase mistakes and craft replacement history

$ git reset [commit]

Undoes all commits after [commit], preserving changes locally

$ git reset --hard [commit]

Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit

Save fragments

Shelve and restore incomplete changes

$ git stash

Temporarily stores all modified tracked files

$ git stash pop

Restores the most recently stashed files

$ git stash list

Lists all stashed changesets

$ git stash drop

Discards the most recently stashed changeset

Synchronize changes

Register a remote (URL) and exchange repository history

$ git fetch [remote]

Downloads all history from the remote repository

$ git merge [remote]/[branch]

Combines the remote branch into the current local branch

$ git push [remote] [branch]

Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub

$ git pull

Downloads bookmark history and incorporates changes

create a new repository on the command line

echo "# GitHub-Help" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin https://github.com/abhinavkorpal/GitHub-Help.git
git push -u origin master

push an existing repository from the command line

git remote add origin https://github.com/abhinavkorpal/GitHub-Help.git
git push -u origin master

Issues

Fixing the “GH001: Large files detected. You may want to try Git Large File Storage.”

remote: error: GH001: Large files detected. You may want to try Git Large File Storage — https://git-lfs.github.com.
remote: error: Trace: b5116d865251981c96d4b32cdf7ef464
remote: error: See http://git.io/iEPt8g for more information.
remote: error: File fixtures/11_user_answer.json is 131.37 MB; this exceeds GitHub’s file size limit of 100.00 MB

It turned out that GitHub only allows for 100 MB file. The problem is that I can’t simply remove the file because it is tracked inside the previous commits so I have to remove this file completely from my repo.

The command that allow you to do it is:

git filter-branch -f --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch fixtures/11_user_answer.json'

At which point you can push the file to GitHub.

Git and Git Flow Cheat Sheet

Git Cheat Sheet

Index

Setup

Show current configuration:

$ git config --list

Show repository configuration:

$ git config --local --list

Show global configuration:

$ git config --global --list

Show system configuration:

$ git config --system --list

Set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history:

$ git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]”

Set an email address that will be associated with each history marker:

$ git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”

Set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing:

$ git config --global color.ui auto

Set global editor for commit

$ git config --global core.editor vi

Configuration Files

Repository specific configuration file [--local]:

<repo>/.git/config

User-specific configuration file [--global]:

~/.gitconfig

System-wide configuration file [--system]:

/etc/gitconfig

Create

Clone an existing repository:

There are two ways:

Via SSH

$ git clone ssh://[email protected]/repo.git

Via HTTP

$ git clone http://domain.com/user/repo.git

Create a new local repository in the current directory:

$ git init

Create a new local repository in a specific directory:

$ git init <directory>

Local Changes

Changes in working directory:

$ git status

Changes to tracked files:

$ git diff

See changes/difference of a specific file:

$ git diff <file>

Add all current changes to the next commit:

$ git add .

Add some changes in <file> to the next commit:

$ git add -p <file>

Commit all local changes in tracked files:

$ git commit -a

Commit previously staged changes:

$ git commit

Commit with message:

$ git commit -m 'message here'

Commit skipping the staging area and adding message:

$ git commit -am 'message here'

Commit to some previous date:

$ git commit --date="`date --date='n day ago'`" -am "<Commit Message Here>"

Change last commit:

_{Don't amend published commits!}

$ git commit -a --amend

Amend with last commit but use the previous commit log message

_{Don't amend published commits!}

$ git commit --amend --no-edit

Change committer date of last commit:

GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="date" git commit --amend

Change Author date of last commit:

$ git commit --amend --date="date"

Move uncommitted changes from current branch to some other branch:

$ git stash
$ git checkout branch2
$ git stash pop

Restore stashed changes back to current branch:

$ git stash apply

Restore particular stash back to current branch:

{stash_number} can be obtained from git stash list

$ git stash apply stash@{stash_number}

Remove the last set of stashed changes:

$ git stash drop

Search

A text search on all files in the directory:

$ git grep "Hello"

In any version of a text search:

$ git grep "Hello" v2.5

Commit History

Show all commits, starting with newest (it'll show the hash, author information, date of commit and title of the commit):

$ git log

Show all the commits(it'll show just the commit hash and the commit message):

$ git log --oneline

Show all commits of a specific user:

$ git log --author="username"

Show changes over time for a specific file:

$ git log -p <file>

Display commits that are present only in remote/branch in right side

$ git log --oneline <origin/master>..<remote/master> --left-right

Who changed, what and when in <file>:

$ git blame <file>

Show Reference log:

$ git reflog show

Delete Reference log:

$ git reflog delete

Move / Rename

Rename a file:

Rename Index.txt to Index.html

$ git mv Index.txt Index.html

Branches & Tags

List all local branches:

$ git branch

List local/remote branches

$ git branch -a

List all remote branches:

$ git branch -r

Switch HEAD branch:

$ git checkout <branch>

Checkout single file from different branch

$ git checkout <branch> -- <filename>

Create and switch new branch:

$ git checkout -b <branch>

Create a new branch from an exiting branch and switch to new branch:

$ git checkout -b <new_branch> <existing_branch>

Checkout and create a new branch from existing commit

$ git checkout <commit-hash> -b <new_branch_name>

Create a new branch based on your current HEAD:

$ git branch <new-branch>

Create a new tracking branch based on a remote branch:

$ git branch --track <new-branch> <remote-branch>

Delete a local branch:

$ git branch -d <branch>

Rename current branch to new branch name

$ git branch -m <new_branch_name>

Force delete a local branch:

_{You will lose unmerged changes!}

$ git branch -D <branch>

Mark the current commit with a tag:

$ git tag <tag-name>

Mark the current commit with a tag that includes a message:

$ git tag -a <tag-name>

Update & Publish

List all current configured remotes:

$ git remote -v

Show information about a remote:

$ git remote show <remote>

Add new remote repository, named <remote>:

$ git remote add <remote> <url>

Download all changes from <remote>, but don't integrate into HEAD:

$ git fetch <remote>

Download changes and directly merge/integrate into HEAD:

$ git remote pull <remote> <url>

Get all changes from HEAD to local repository:

$ git pull origin master

Get all changes from HEAD to local repository without a merge:

$ git pull --rebase <remote> <branch>

Publish local changes on a remote:

$ git push remote <remote> <branch>

Delete a branch on the remote:

$ git push <remote> :<branch> (since Git v1.5.0)

OR

$ git push <remote> --delete <branch> (since Git v1.7.0)

Publish your tags:

$ git push --tags

Configure the merge tool globally to meld (editor)

$ git config --global merge.tool meld

Use your configured merge tool to solve conflicts:

$ git mergetool

Merge & Rebase

Merge branch into your current HEAD:

$ git merge <branch>

Rebase your current HEAD onto <branch>:

_{Don't rebase published commit!}

$ git rebase <branch>

Abort a rebase:

$ git rebase --abort

Continue a rebase after resolving conflicts:

$ git rebase --continue

Use your editor to manually solve conflicts and (after resolving) mark file as resolved:

$ git add <resolved-file>

$ git rm <resolved-file>

Squashing commits:

$ git rebase -i <commit-just-before-first>

Now replace this,

pick <commit_id>
pick <commit_id2>
pick <commit_id3>

to this,

pick <commit_id>
squash <commit_id2>
squash <commit_id3>

Undo

Discard all local changes in your working directory:

$ git reset --hard HEAD

Get all the files out of the staging area(i.e. undo the last `git add`):

$ git reset 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>

Reset your HEAD pointer to a remote branch current state.

$ git reset --hard <remote/branch> e.g., upstream/master, origin/my-feature

Reset your HEAD pointer to a previous commit and preserve all changes as unstaged changes:

$ git reset <commit>

Reset your HEAD pointer to a previous commit and preserve uncommitted local changes:

$ git reset --keep <commit>

Remove files that were accidentally committed before they were added to .gitignore

$ git rm -r --cached .
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "remove xyz file"

Git-Flow

Improved Git-flow

Index

Setup

You need a working git installation as prerequisite. Git flow works on OSX, Linux and Windows.

OSX Homebrew:

$ brew install git-flow-avh

OSX Macports:

$ port install git-flow

Linux (Debian-based):

$ sudo apt-get install git-flow

Windows (Cygwin):

You need wget and util-linux to install git-flow.

$ wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh install <state> | bash

Getting Started

Git flow needs to be initialized in order to customize your project setup. Start using git-flow by initializing it inside an existing git repository:

Initialize:

You'll have to answer a few questions regarding the naming conventions for your branches. It's recommended to use the default values.

git flow init

OR

To use default

git flow init -d

Features

Develop new features for upcoming releases. Typically exist in developers repos only.

Start a new feature:

This action creates a new feature branch based on 'develop' and switches to it.

git flow feature start MYFEATURE

Finish up a feature:

Finish the development of a feature. This action performs the following:

1) Merged MYFEATURE into 'develop'.

2) Removes the feature branch.

3) Switches back to 'develop' branch

git flow feature finish MYFEATURE

Publish a feature:

Are you developing a feature in collaboration? Publish a feature to the remote server so it can be used by other users.

git flow feature publish MYFEATURE

Getting a published feature:

Get a feature published by another user.

git flow feature pull origin MYFEATURE

Tracking a origin feature:

You can track a feature on origin by using

git flow feature track MYFEATURE

Make a Release

Support preparation of a new production release. Allow for minor bug fixes and preparing meta-data for a release

Start a release:

To start a release, use the git flow release command. It creates a release branch created from the 'develop' branch. You can optionally supply a [BASE] commit sha-1 hash to start the release from. The commit must be on the 'develop' branch.

git flow release start RELEASE [BASE]

It's wise to publish the release branch after creating it to allow release commits by other developers. Do it similar to feature publishing with the command:

git flow release publish RELEASE

(You can track a remote release with the: `git flow release track RELEASE` command)

Finish up a release:

Finishing a release is one of the big steps in git branching. It performs several actions:

1) Merges the release branch back into 'master'

2) Tags the release with its name

3) Back-merges the release into 'develop'

4) Removes the release branch

git flow release finish RELEASE

Don't forget to push your tags with `git push --tags`

Hotfixes

Hotfixes arise from the necessity to act immediately upon an undesired state of a live production version. May be branched off from the corresponding tag on the master branch that marks the production version.

Git flow hotfix start:

Like the other git flow commands, a hotfix is started with

$ git flow hotfix start VERSION [BASENAME]

The version argument hereby marks the new hotfix release name. Optionally you can specify a basename to start from.

Finish a hotfix:

By finishing a hotfix it gets merged back into develop and master. Additionally the master merge is tagged with the hotfix version

git flow hotfix finish VERSION

Commands

Git flow schema

Git Tips

Everyday Git in twenty commands or so

git help everyday

Show helpful guides that come with Git

git help -g

Search change by content

git log -S'<a term in the source>'

Remove sensitive data from history, after a push

git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch <path-to-your-file>' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all && git push origin --force --all

Sync with remote, overwrite local changes

git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/master && git clean -f -d

List of all files till a commit

git ls-tree --name-only -r <commit-ish>

Git reset first commit

git update-ref -d HEAD

List all the conflicted files

git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U

List of all files changed in a commit

git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <commit-ish>

Unstaged changes since last commit

git diff

Changes staged for commit

git diff --cached

Alternatives:

git diff --staged

Show both staged and unstaged changes

git diff HEAD

List all branches that are already merged into master

git branch --merged master

Quickly switch to the previous branch

git checkout -

Alternatives:

git checkout @{-1}

Remove branches that have already been merged with master

git branch --merged master | grep -v '^\*' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d

Alternatives:

git branch --merged master | grep -v '^\*\|  master' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d # will not delete master if master is not checked out

List all branches and their upstreams, as well as last commit on branch

git branch -vv

Track upstream branch

git branch -u origin/mybranch

Delete local branch

git branch -d <local_branchname>

Delete remote branch

git push origin --delete <remote_branchname>

Alternatives:

git push origin :<remote_branchname>

Delete local tag

git tag -d <tag-name>

Delete remote tag

git push origin :refs/tags/<tag-name>

Undo local changes with the last content in head

git checkout -- <file_name>

Revert: Undo a commit by creating a new commit

git revert <commit-ish>

Reset: Discard commits, advised for private branch

git reset <commit-ish>

Reword the previous commit message

git commit -v --amend

See commit history for just the current branch

git cherry -v master

Amend author.

git commit --amend --author='Author Name <[email protected]>'

Reset author, after author has been changed in the global config.

git commit --amend --reset-author --no-edit

Changing a remote's URL

git remote set-url origin <URL>

Get list of all remote references

git remote

Alternatives:

git remote show

Get list of all local and remote branches

git branch -a

Get only remote branches

git branch -r

Stage parts of a changed file, instead of the entire file

git add -p

Get git bash completion

curl -L http://git.io/vfhol > ~/.git-completion.bash && echo '[ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ] && . ~/.git-completion.bash' >> ~/.bashrc

What changed since two weeks?

git log --no-merges --raw --since='2 weeks ago'

Alternatives:

git whatchanged --since='2 weeks ago'

See all commits made since forking from master

git log --no-merges --stat --reverse master..

Pick commits across branches using cherry-pick

git checkout <branch-name> && git cherry-pick <commit-ish>

Find out branches containing commit-hash

git branch -a --contains <commit-ish>

Alternatives:

git branch --contains <commit-ish>

Git Aliases

git config --global alias.<handle> <command> 
git config --global alias.st status

Saving current state of tracked files without commiting

git stash

Alternatives:

git stash save

Saving current state of unstaged changes to tracked files

git stash -k

Alternatives:

git stash --keep-index

git stash save --keep-index

Saving current state including untracked files

git stash -u

Alternatives:

git stash save -u

git stash save --include-untracked

Saving current state with message

git stash save <message>

Saving current state of all files (ignored, untracked, and tracked)

git stash -a

Alternatives:

git stash --all

git stash save --all

Show list of all saved stashes

git stash list

Apply any stash without deleting from the stashed list

git stash apply <stash@{n}>

Apply last stashed state and delete it from stashed list

git stash pop

Alternatives:

git stash apply stash@{0} && git stash drop stash@{0}

Delete all stored stashes

git stash clear

Alternatives:

git stash drop <stash@{n}>

Grab a single file from a stash

git checkout <stash@{n}> -- <file_path>

Alternatives:

git checkout stash@{0} -- <file_path>

Show all tracked files

git ls-files -t

Show all untracked files

git ls-files --others

Show all ignored files

git ls-files --others -i --exclude-standard

Create new working tree from a repository (git 2.5)

git worktree add -b <branch-name> <path> <start-point>

Create new working tree from HEAD state

git worktree add --detach <path> HEAD

Untrack files without deleting

git rm --cached <file_path>

Alternatives:

git rm --cached -r <directory_path>

Before deleting untracked files/directory, do a dry run to get the list of these files/directories

git clean -n

Forcefully remove untracked files

git clean -f

Forcefully remove untracked directory

git clean -f -d

Update all the submodules

git submodule foreach git pull

Alternatives:

git submodule update --init --recursive

git submodule update --remote

Show all commits in the current branch yet to be merged to master

git cherry -v master

Alternatives:

git cherry -v master <branch-to-be-merged>

Rename a branch

git branch -m <new-branch-name>

Alternatives:

git branch -m [<old-branch-name>] <new-branch-name>

Rebases 'feature' to 'master' and merges it in to master

git rebase master feature && git checkout master && git merge -

Archive the `master` branch

git archive master --format=zip --output=master.zip

Modify previous commit without modifying the commit message

git add --all && git commit --amend --no-edit

Prunes references to remote branches that have been deleted in the remote.

git fetch -p

Alternatives:

git remote prune origin

Retrieve the commit hash of the initial revision.

 git rev-list --reverse HEAD | head -1

Alternatives:

git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD

git log --pretty=oneline | tail -1 | cut -c 1-40

git log --pretty=oneline --reverse | head -1 | cut -c 1-40

Visualize the version tree.

git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate --all

Alternatives:

gitk --all

git log --graph --pretty=format:'%C(auto) %h | %s | %an | %ar%d'

Visualize the tree including commits that are only referenced from reflogs

git log --graph --decorate --oneline $(git rev-list --walk-reflogs --all)

Deploying git tracked subfolder to gh-pages

git subtree push --prefix subfolder_name origin gh-pages

Adding a project to repo using subtree

git subtree add --prefix=<directory_name>/<project_name> --squash [email protected]:<username>/<project_name>.git master

Get latest changes in your repo for a linked project using subtree

git subtree pull --prefix=<directory_name>/<project_name> --squash [email protected]:<username>/<project_name>.git master

Export a branch with history to a file.

git bundle create <file> <branch-name>

Import from a bundle

git clone repo.bundle <repo-dir> -b <branch-name>

Get the name of current branch.

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

Ignore one file on commit (e.g. Changelog).

git update-index --assume-unchanged Changelog; git commit -a; git update-index --no-assume-unchanged Changelog

Stash changes before rebasing

git rebase --autostash

Fetch pull request by ID to a local branch

git fetch origin pull/<id>/head:<branch-name>

Alternatives:

git pull origin pull/<id>/head:<branch-name>

Show the most recent tag on the current branch.

git describe --tags --abbrev=0

Show inline word diff.

git diff --word-diff

Show changes using common diff tools.

git difftool [-t <tool>] <commit1> <commit2> <path>

Don’t consider changes for tracked file.

git update-index --assume-unchanged <file_name>

Undo assume-unchanged.

git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <file_name>

Clean the files from `.gitignore`.

git clean -X -f

Restore deleted file.

git checkout <deleting_commit>^ -- <file_path>

Restore file to a specific commit-hash

git checkout <commit-ish> -- <file_path>

Always rebase instead of merge on pull.

git config --global pull.rebase true

Alternatives:

#git < 1.7.9
git config --global branch.autosetuprebase always

List all the alias and configs.

git config --list

Make git case sensitive.

git config --global core.ignorecase false

Add custom editors.

git config --global core.editor '$EDITOR'

Auto correct typos.

git config --global help.autocorrect 1

Check if the change was a part of a release.

git name-rev --name-only <SHA-1>

Dry run. (any command that supports dry-run flag should do.)

git clean -fd --dry-run

Marks your commit as a fix of a previous commit.

git commit --fixup <SHA-1>

Squash fixup commits normal commits.

git rebase -i --autosquash

Skip staging area during commit.

git commit --only <file_path>

Interactive staging.

git add -i

List ignored files.

git check-ignore *

Status of ignored files.

git status --ignored

Commits in Branch1 that are not in Branch2

git log Branch1 ^Branch2

List n last commits

git log -<n>

Alternatives:

git log -n <n>

Reuse recorded resolution, record and reuse previous conflicts resolutions.

git config --global rerere.enabled 1

Open all conflicted files in an editor.

git diff --name-only | uniq | xargs $EDITOR

Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption.

git count-objects --human-readable

Prune all unreachable objects from the object database.

git gc --prune=now --aggressive

Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb.

git instaweb [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>] [--browser=<browser>]

View the GPG signatures in the commit log

git log --show-signature

Remove entry in the global config.

git config --global --unset <entry-name>

Checkout a new branch without any history

git checkout --orphan <branch_name>

Extract file from another branch.

git show <branch_name>:<file_name>

List only the root and merge commits.

git log --first-parent

Change previous two commits with an interactive rebase.

git rebase --interactive HEAD~2

List all branch is WIP

git checkout master && git branch --no-merged

Find guilty with binary search

git bisect start                    # Search start 
git bisect bad                      # Set point to bad commit 
git bisect good v2.6.13-rc2         # Set point to good commit|tag 
git bisect bad                      # Say current state is bad 
git bisect good                     # Say current state is good 
git bisect reset                    # Finish search

Bypass pre-commit and commit-msg githooks

git commit --no-verify

List commits and changes to a specific file (even through renaming)

git log --follow -p -- <file_path>

Clone a single branch

git clone -b <branch-name> --single-branch https://github.com/user/repo.git

Create and switch new branch

git checkout -b <branch-name>

Alternatives:

git branch <branch-name> && git checkout <branch-name>

Ignore file mode changes on commits

git config core.fileMode false

Turn off git colored terminal output

git config --global color.ui false

Specific color settings

git config --global <specific command e.g branch, diff> <true, false or always>

Show all local branches ordered by recent commits

git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/

Find lines matching the pattern (regex or string) in tracked files

git grep --heading --line-number 'foo bar'

Clone a shallow copy of a repository

git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git --depth 1

Search Commit log across all branches for given text

git log --all --grep='<given-text>'

Get first commit in a branch (from master)

git log --oneline master..<branch-name> | tail -1

Alternatives:

git log --reverse master..<branch-name> | head -6

Unstaging Staged file

git reset HEAD <file-name>

Force push to Remote Repository

git push -f <remote-name> <branch-name>

Adding Remote name

git remote add <remote-nickname> <remote-url>

Show the author, time and last revision made to each line of a given file

git blame <file-name>

Group commits by authors and title

git shortlog

Forced push but still ensure you don't overwrite other's work

git push --force-with-lease <remote-name> <branch-name>

Show how many lines does an author contribute

git log --author='_Your_Name_Here_' --pretty=tformat: --numstat | gawk '{ add += <!-- @doxie.inject start -->; subs += <!-- @doxie.inject end -->; loc += <!-- @doxie.inject start --> - <!-- @doxie.inject end --> } END { printf "added lines: %s removed lines: %s total lines: %s
", add, subs, loc }' -

Alternatives:

git log --author='_Your_Name_Here_' --pretty=tformat: --numstat | awk '{ add += <!-- @doxie.inject start -->; subs += <!-- @doxie.inject end -->; loc += <!-- @doxie.inject start --> - <!-- @doxie.inject end --> } END { printf "added lines: %s, removed lines: %s, total lines: %s
", add, subs, loc }' - # on Mac OSX

Revert: Reverting an entire merge

git revert -m 1 <commit-ish>

Number of commits in a branch

git rev-list --count <branch-name>

Alias: git undo

git config --global alias.undo '!f() { git reset --hard $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)@{${1-1}}; }; f'

Add object notes

git notes add -m 'Note on the previous commit....'

Show all the git-notes

git log --show-notes='*'

Apply commit from another repository

git --git-dir=<source-dir>/.git format-patch -k -1 --stdout <SHA1> | git am -3 -k

Specific fetch reference

git fetch origin master:refs/remotes/origin/mymaster

Find common ancestor of two branches

git merge-base <branch-name> <other-branch-name>

List unpushed git commits

git log --branches --not --remotes

Alternatives:

git log @{u}..

git cherry -v

Add everything, but whitespace changes

git diff --ignore-all-space | git apply --cached

Edit [local/global] git config

git config [--global] --edit

blame on certain range

git blame -L <start>,<end>

Show a Git logical variable.

git var -l | <variable>

Preformatted patch file.

git format-patch -M upstream..topic

Get the repo name.

git rev-parse --show-toplevel

logs between date range

git log --since='FEB 1 2017' --until='FEB 14 2017'

Exclude author from logs

git log --perl-regexp --author='^((?!excluded-author-regex).*)

Generates a summary of pending changes

git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus

List references in a remote repository

git ls-remote git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git

Backup untracked files.

git ls-files --others -i --exclude-standard | xargs zip untracked.zip

List all git aliases

git config -l | grep alias | sed 's/^alias\.//g'

Alternatives:

git config -l | grep alias | cut -d '.' -f 2

Show git status short

git status --short --branch

Checkout a commit prior to a day ago

git checkout master@{yesterday}

Push a new local branch to remote repository and track

git push -u origin <branch_name>

Change a branch base

git rebase --onto <new_base> <old_base>

Use SSH instead of HTTPs for remotes

git config --global url.'[email protected]:'.insteadOf 'https://github.com/'

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Folders and files

Latest commit

History

Repository files navigation

Developer's Git ✨

Git Help

Github Git Cheat Sheet

CONFIGURE TOOLING

CREATE REPOSITORIES

MAKE CHANGES

GROUP CHANGES

Refactor file names

Review history

Suppress tracking

Redo commits

Save fragments

Synchronize changes

create a new repository on the command line

push an existing repository from the command line

Issues

Git and Git Flow Cheat Sheet

Git Cheat Sheet

Index

Setup

Show current configuration:

Show repository configuration:

Show global configuration:

Show system configuration:

Set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history:

Set an email address that will be associated with each history marker:

Set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing:

Set global editor for commit

Configuration Files

Repository specific configuration file [--local]:

User-specific configuration file [--global]:

System-wide configuration file [--system]:

Create

Clone an existing repository:

Create a new local repository in the current directory:

Create a new local repository in a specific directory:

Local Changes

Changes in working directory:

Changes to tracked files:

See changes/difference of a specific file:

Add all current changes to the next commit:

Add some changes in <file> to the next commit:

Commit all local changes in tracked files:

Commit previously staged changes:

Commit with message:

Commit skipping the staging area and adding message:

Commit to some previous date:

Change last commit:

Amend with last commit but use the previous commit log message

Change committer date of last commit:

Change Author date of last commit:

Move uncommitted changes from current branch to some other branch:

Restore stashed changes back to current branch:

Restore particular stash back to current branch:

Remove the last set of stashed changes:

Search

A text search on all files in the directory:

In any version of a text search:

Commit History

Show all commits, starting with newest (it'll show the hash, author information, date of commit and title of the commit):

Show all the commits(it'll show just the commit hash and the commit message):

Show all commits of a specific user:

Show changes over time for a specific file:

Display commits that are present only in remote/branch in right side

Who changed, what and when in <file>:

Show Reference log:

Delete Reference log:

Move / Rename

Rename a file:

Branches & Tags

List all local branches:

List local/remote branches

List all remote branches:

Switch HEAD branch:

Checkout single file from different branch

Create and switch new branch:

Get all the files out of the staging area(i.e. undo the last `git add`):