Common Git Commands Cheat Sheet

1. Common Git Commands

Basic operations for interacting with a Git repository:

$ git remote add origin [email protected]:yeszao/dofiler.git

# Configure remote repository

$ git pull origin master

# Download and fast‑forward merge

$ git push origin master

# Upload and fast‑forward merge

$ git fetch origin

# Fetch objects from remote

$ git branch

# List all branches

$ git checkout master

# Switch to master branch

$ git checkout -b dev

# Create and switch to a new branch named dev

$ git commit -m "first version"

# Commit changes

$ git status

# Show working tree status

$ git log

# Show commit history

$ git config --global core.editor vim

# Set default editor to vim

$ git config core.ignorecase false

# Make Git case‑sensitive

$ git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"

# Set user name

$ git config --global user.email "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS"

# Set user email

2. Aliases (git config alias)

$ git config --global alias.br="branch"

# Shortcut for "git branch"

$ git config --global alias.co="checkout"

# Shortcut for "git checkout"

$ git config --global alias.cb="checkout -b"

# Create and switch to a new branch

$ git config --global alias.cm="commit -m"

# Shortcut for committing with a message

$ git config --global alias.st="status"

# Shortcut for "git status"

$ git config --global alias.pullm="pull origin master"

# Pull from origin master

$ git config --global alias.pushm="push origin master"

# Push to origin master

$ git config --global alias.log="log --oneline --graph --decorate --color=always"

# One‑line colored log

$ git config --global alias.logg="log --graph --all --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(bold white)— %an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset)' --abbrev-commit --date=relative"

# Detailed graph log

3. Creating a Repository

$ git clone

# Clone a remote repository

$ git init

# Initialize a new local repository

4. Modifying and Committing

$ git status

# Show current status

$ git diff

# Show changes

$ git add .

# Stage all modified files

$ git add

# Stage a specific file

$ git mv

# Rename a file

$ git rm

# Delete a file

$ git rm --cached

# Stop tracking a file without deleting it

$ git commit -m "commit message"

# Commit all staged changes

$ git commit --amend

# Amend the most recent commit

5. Viewing History

$ git log

# Show full commit history

$ git log -p

# Show history for a specific file

$ git blame

# Annotate each line of a file with its commit

6. Undo Operations

$ git reset --hard HEAD

# Discard all uncommitted changes

$ git reset --hard

# Reset to a specific commit

$ git checkout HEAD --

# Discard changes in a specific file

$ git checkout --

# Same as above

$ git revert

# Revert a specific commit

7. Branches and Tags

$ git branch

# List local branches

$ git checkout

# Switch to a branch or tag

$ git branch -d

# Delete a local branch

$ git tag

# List tags

$ git tag

# Create a lightweight tag

$ git tag -a "v1.0" -m "release notes"

# Create an annotated tag

$ git tag -d

# Delete a tag

$ git checkout dev

# Switch to dev branch (often used before merging)

$ git cherry-pick 62ecb3

# Apply a specific commit

8. Merging and Rebasing

$ git merge

# Merge a branch into the current one

$ git merge --abort

# Abort an ongoing merge

$ git merge dev -Xtheirs

# Merge dev, preferring its changes on conflicts

$ git rebase

# Rebase current branch onto another

9. Remote Operations

$ git remote -v

# Show remote URLs

$ git remote show

# Show details of a remote

$ git remote add

# Add a new remote

$ git remote remove

# Remove a remote

$ git fetch

# Fetch objects from a remote

$ git pull

# Fetch and merge

$ git push

# Push a branch

$ git push

# Push a tag

$ git push --tags

# Push all tags

10. Archiving (Packaging)

$ git archive --format=zip --output ../file.zip master

# Create a zip archive of the master branch

$ git archive --format=zip --output ../v1.2.zip v1.2

# Archive the v1.2 tag

11. Global and Local Configuration

Global settings are stored in $HOME/.gitconfig , while repository‑specific settings reside in .git/config .

12. Quick Workflow Example

$ git init

$ git add .

$ git commit -m "add local source"

$ git pull origin master

$ git merge master

$ git push -u origin master

This sequence initializes a repository, adds files, commits, synchronizes with a remote, merges, and pushes the changes.