kkmehta03 / git-cheat-sheet

Cheat sheet for git

git-cheat-sheet

Cheatsheet for git

Push an existing Git repository

cd existing_repo
git remote rename origin old-origin
git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/some-project.git
git push -u origin --all

Push an existing folder

cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/some-project.git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push -u origin master

Create a new repository

git clone https://gitlab.com/some-project.git
cd some-project
nano README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "add README"
git push -u origin master

Git global setup

git config --global user.name "Some Name"
git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"

Git remote - get urls

git remote -v

Git remote - set urls

git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/some-project.git

Git remote - push

git remote push -u orgin master 

Git remote - add shortname url

git remote add some-short-name https://gitlab.com/some-other-project.git

Git remote - remove url

git remote rm origin

Git remote - Remove commit and reset head

git push origin +HEAD^:<remote-branch-name>

Git branch - add new branch, check it out and push new branch to origin

git branch blah
git checkout blah
git push -u origin blah

Git commits - reset to previous commit

git reset --hard <commit-number>

Git commits - check commits & their messages

git reflog

#To see complete commits
git log

Git Branching

Git rename branch

git branch -m new-name

Git rename branch in remote

git push origin :old-name new-name

Git delete local branch

git branch -d branch-name

Git delete remote branch

git push origin --delete branch-name

Git Undoing

Git add file/ change commit message to previous commit

git add file-name
git commit --amend

Git add file/ change commit message of some other old commit

git add file-name
git commit --squash old-commit-id
git rebase --autosquash -i old-commit-id

Git forget tracking a file

#Add file's name to .gitignore
git update-index --assume-unchanged <file_name>

Git re-track file

#Remove file from .gitignore
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <file_name>
git add <file_name>

Git add specific commit from a different branch

git cherry-pick <commit-hash>