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Git Commands

Git Commands (common)
Command
 Description
 
git help
 Show help information about git commands
 
git init
 Init new git project in current folder (folder needs to be empty)
 
git clone git@github.com:myusername/myrepositoryname.git
 Clone a git repository from github.com
 
git add --all
 Stage all files (or `git add file.txt` for adding a single file)
 
git commit -m "my message"
 Create a commit of your stages files
 
git pull
 Pull updates from remote to current branch
 
git push
 Push your commits to remote repository
 
git push --tags
 Push your commits + tags
 
git status
 Show status of unstaged files, project info, branch info, ...
 
git branch
 Show all git branches (option -a for showing remotes too)
 
git branch mynewbranch
 Create a new branch
 
git checkout myotherbranch
 Switch to another git branch
 
git log
 Show latest git commits and messages (or "git show")
 
git fetch --all
 Fetch from all remote repositories
 
git tag 0.1.0
 Tag current as "0.1.0"
 
git tag --delete 0.1.0
 Remove Tag "0.1.0"
 
git revert commitHash
 Revert changes of a specific commit
Git Commands (advanced)
Command
 Description
git stash --include-untracked
 Save all changes to the stash
git stash push -m "stashname"
 Save all changes to the stash with a name
git stash list
 Show all saved stashes
git stashpop 0
 Apply the latest stash + remove it from the stash list
git stash apply 0
 Apply the latest stash
git stash drop 0
 Remove latest stash from stash list
git stash clear
 Remove all stash items


git blame pathtomyfile.txt
 Show information who to blame for a file change
git diff
 Show changes between two commits
git grep "text-to-search"
 Search for a specific string in commits


git format-patch -1 <commitID> Create a patch of a specific commit
git apply <patchfile> Apply a patch


git bisect start Start Bugfinding / Begin using the git bisect command
git bisect good
 Identify if a commit is "good", without the bug
git bisect bad
 Identify if a commit is "bad", with the bug
git bisect reset Return to original head
git bisect log Displays commits you've identified as "good" or "bad"
git bisect visualize View commits that have not yet been checked
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