Git Commands

Git Commands	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 .	Stage all files
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)	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