Command Glossary

Command Glossary

1. git init: initializes Git repository

2. git add: adds files specified to staging area

3. git status: view the status of a repository

4. git commit: creates a commit of the given staged files

5. git remote: manages the remote repository information for the local repository

6. git branch: manages the branch (local and remote) information for a local repository

7. git clone: clones a remote repository locally

8. git push: uploads snapshots from a local repository to a remote repository

9. git pull: fetches any new snapshots from a remote repository to a local repository and merges them locally

10. git fetch: fetches any snapshots from a remote repository to a local repository

11. git merge: merges any changes from a target branch to the current source branch

Cheatsheet

Command	Usage
git init	Initialise repository
git add <directory/file>	Stage changes in a directory or a file
git status	Look at repository status
git commit -m “<message>”	Commit staged changes with a commit message
git remote	Manage remotes
git branch -d <branch>	Delete a new branch named <branch>
git clone <repo>	Clone a remote repository
git push	Push your branch to a remote
git pull	Pull updates from a remote to your repository
git fetch	Fetch updates from a remote to your repository
git merge <branch>	Merge a branch
git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"	Getting started by configuring Git with username and email
git config --global core.editor nano git config --global core.editor emacs # VS Code git config --global core.editor "code --wait --new-window" # For Windows git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -nosession" git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/code.exe' -n -w"	Setting up editor
git help <cmd>	Access the help for a command
git <cmd> -h	Access the help summary
git diff --staged	Look at differences between working tree and index (--staged: index and current commit)
git show	Show current commit
git diff	Show changes
git log	View the log
.gitignore	Ignore files
git checkout -b <branch>	Create and check out a new branch named <branch>
git branch	List all branches
git checkout <branch>	Switch to branch named <branch>
git pull --rebase	Update your repository with rebase
git revert <commit>	Revert commit
git reset <file>	Unstage files
git reset <branch>	Move/"reset" a branch
git checkout <commit-hash>	Check out specific commits
git diff <branch-1> <branch-2>	Extend git diff to diff between two different branches/commits
git reflog	Show reference log of all your actions
git reset --hard <reflog-hash>	Undo (almost) anything in git