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Table of Contents

Setup and Config

Configuration

Set and get git global or repository settings

/* -- Set global user settings -- */
$ git config --global user.name xxx
$ git config --global user.email [email protected]

/* -- Set repository user settings -- */
$ git config user.name xxx
$ git config user.email [email protected]

/* -- Remove settings -- */
$ git config --unset user.name

/* -- Get settings -- */
$ git config --global --list
$ git config --list

/* -- Use alias -- */
$ git config --global alias.br branch

/* -- Avoid line ending problem under cross platform development -- */
$ git config --global core.autocrlf true

Useful Alias

alias.br=branch
alias.chp=cherry-pick
alias.fp=fetch --prune
alias.cm=commit
alias.co=checkout
alias.st=status
alias.lg=log --oneline --graph
alias.la=log --graph --all --pretty=format:'%C(auto)%h -%d %s%Creset %Cblue(%cr)%Creset %C(dim white)<%an>%Creset'

Getting and Creating Projects

Initialization

Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one

$ git init

Clone

Clone a repository into a new directory

$ git clone [<directory>]

Basic Snap Shotting

Status

Show the working tree status

$ git status

Add

Add file contents to the index

$ git add [<file_path>]

/* -- Add all un-staged files in the index -- */
$ git add .

Commit

Record changes to repository

$ git commit

$ git commit -m [<commit_message>]

/* -- Add and commit all unstaged files with commit message -- */
$ git commit -am [<commit_message>]

Diff

Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.

$ git diff [<file_path>]

$ git diff HEAD~1

$ git diff [<commit-1>] [<commit-2>]

/* -- Compare the difference between index changes and last commit -- */
$ git diff --cached [<file_path>]

Restore

Restore working tree files

$ git restore [<file_path>]

/* -- Restore staged files -- */
$ git restore --staged [<file_path>]

Reset

Reset current HEAD to specified state

$ git reset [--soft | --mixed | --hard] [<commit>]

Branching and Merging

Branch

List, create, or delete branches

/* -- List all branches in your repo, and which branch you're currently in -- */
$ git branch

/* -- Create a branch -- */
$ git branch [<branch_name>]

/* -- Delete the branch -- */
$ git branch -d [<branch_name>]

/* -- Delete the branch (FORCE) -- */
$ git branch -D [<branch_name>]

/* -- Change the branch name -- */
$ git branch -m [<older_branch_name>] [<new_branch_name>]

Checkout

Switch branches or restore working tree files

/* -- Switch to another branch -- */
$ git checkout [<branch_name>]

/* -- Create a new branch & switch to it -- */
$ git checkout -b [<branch_name>]

/* -- Cancel the changed file -- */
$ git checkout -- [<file>]

Merge

Join two or more histories together

$ git merge [<branch>]

/* -- Merge without fast-forward -- */
$ git merge --no-ff [<branch>]

Log

Show commit logs

$ git log

/* -- Specify date -- */
$ git log --before=[<date>] --after=[<date>]

/* -- Specify author -- */
$ git log --author=[<author_name>]

Stash

Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away

$ git stash

/* -- List out current stash -- */
$ git stash list

/* -- Push the files wanna stash -- */
$ git stash push

/* -- Output the stashed file -- */
$ git stash apply

/* -- Output specific stashed file -- */
$ git stash apply [<stash>]

/* -- Remove a single stashed state & apply it on top of current working tree state -- */
$ git stash pop

/* -- Remove a single stash entry from the list of stash entries -- */
$ git stash drop [<stash>]

Tag

Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG

$ git tag [<tag_name>]

/* -- Delete a tag -- */
$ git tag -d [<tag_name>]

/* -- Delete all local tags -- */
$ git tag -l | xargs git tag -d

Sharing and Updating Projects

Fetch

Download objects and refs from another repository

$ git fetch

/* -- Fetch all remote -- */
$ git fetch --all

/* -- Before fetching, remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the remote -- */
$ git fetch --prune

Push

Update remote refs along with associated objects

$ git push

/* -- Add upstream reference -- */
$ git push [-u | --set-upstream] [<remote_name>] [<repository_url>]

Remote

Manage set of tracked repositories

/* -- Show remote url after name -- */
$ git remote -v

/* -- Add remote -- */
$ git remote add [<remote_name>] [<repository_url>]

/* -- Remove remote -- */
$ git remote remove [<remote_name>] [<repository_url>]

/* -- Change remote URL -- */
$ git remote set-url [<remote_name>] [<repository_url>]

Patching

Cherry-Pick

Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits

$ git cherry-pick [<commit_hash_1>] [<commit_hash_2>] ...

/* -- Pick without commit -- */
$ git cherry-pick [<commit_hash_1>] --no-commit

Rebase

Reapply commits on top of another base tip

$ git rebase [-i | --interactive] [<new_base>]

Revert

Revert some existing commits

$ git revert

Debugging

Grep

Print lines matching a pattern

/* -- Search with line number -- */
$ git grep -n [<search_text>]

Administration

Reflog

Manage & track reflog information

$ git reflog

Gitk

Open a Git repository browser

$ gitk

/* -- Show all references (branches, tags, etc.) -- */
$ gitk --all

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