Common Git Commands

git-cheatsheet.md

Git Cheatsheet

Global

• Create origin branch when creating branch git config --global branch.autosetupmerge always
• Add ssh key to keychain to eliminate retyping in password ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Add files

• Add All Files - git add .

Amend Commit

• Add new changes - git commit --amend
• Change commit author - git commit --amend --author="John Doe <[email protected]>"

Branches

• Create and checkout branch - git checkout -b {branch_name}
• Create branch - git branch {branch_name}
• Delete branch - git branch -D {branch_name}
• List branches - git branch --list

Fetch

• Fetch latest - git fetch

Investigation

• file commit log - git log {current path to file} - git log src/compenents/some.js

Push

• Push: git push
• Push Origin: git push -u origin {branch-name}
• Force Push: git push -f

Rebase

• Interactive Rebase on to same branch: git rebase -i
• Rebase on to different branch: git rebase -i {branch}
• Rebase the top X commits: git rebase -i {branch} HEAD~X

Reset

• Reset commit (keep changes): git reset --soft HEAD~{number of commits}
• Reset commit (delete changes): git reset --hard HEAD~{number of commits}