git_cheat_sheet

Git usage

The following is a list of useful git commands :

• clone a repository

    git clone remote_url

• update and merge repository :

    git pull remote_name branch_name

• put your code into the repository :

    git push remote_name branch_name

• only update repository but don't merge :

    git fetch remote_name

• See available remotes

    git remote -v

• Check latest commits :

    git log

• Change between existing branches :

    git checkout branch_name

• Create a new branch :

    git checkout -b branch_name

• Inline commit :

    git commit -m 'commit message'

• Add a remote :

    git remote add remote_name remote_url

• Remove a remote :

    git remote remove remote_name

• Rename a remote :

    git remote rename remote_to_rename new_remote_name

• Commit as a different user as the one specified in ~/.gitconfig :

    git -c user.email=email@domain.com -c user.name='Your Name' commit (...)

or

    git commit --author="Name <email>" -m "commit msg"

• Delete a branch locally :

    git branch -D branch_name

• Delete a branch in the remote :

    git push remote_name --delete branch_name_to_be_deleted

• Edit latest commit message :

    git commit --amend

• Unstage (undo) last local commit

git reset --soft HEAD^

• check last n commits

git diff HEAD~n kinetic