sandbox

This is a sandbox repository for playing with git.

Git Cheat Sheet

Installing git

To install git on your machine visit - official git website and select the platform of your choice.

Configuration

$ git config --global user.name "[name]"

Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions

$ git config --global user.email "[email]"

Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions

$ git config --global color.ui auto

Enables helpful colorization of command line output

Create Repository

Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL

$ git init [project-name]

Creates a new local repository with the specified project-name

$ git clone [url]

Create a local copy of a remote repository

Make Changes

Review and commit changes

$ git status

Lists all changes (new as well as modified)

$ git diff

Show differences in files, that have not been staged, with last comitted version.

$ git add [file]

Stages the file specified for commit

$ git reset [file]

Unstages the file specified

$ git commit -m "[decriptive message]"

Records the changes permanently in version history.

Branching and Merging

$ git branch

List all local branches in the current repository

$ git branch [branch-name]

Creates a new branch with specified name

$ git checkout [branch-name]

Switches the working directory to the specified branch

$ git merge [branch-name]

Combines the specified branch's history into the current working directory

$ git branch -d [branch-name]

Deletes the specified branch

Refactoring Filenames

$ git rm [file]

Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion

$ git rm --cached [file]

Deletes the file from version control and stages deletiong but preserves the file locally

$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]

Changes the file name and stages the changes for commit

Review History

$ git log

Lists version history for the current branch

$ git show [commit]

Shows the changes made for the specified commit

Synchronize Changes

$ git fetch [remote]

Downloads all history from the remote repository

$ git push [remote] [branch]

Uploads all local commits to remote

$ git pull

Downloads history from remote repository and incorporates changes into local repository

Ignoring Files

Exclude files and paths

A text file name .gitignoreavoids accidental versioning of files and paths matching the specified pattern.

For example consider a .gitignore file containing the following: *.log build/

In this case all files ending with .log and the build folder will be ignored by git.

Detailed Documentation

For detailed documentation on git visit - Git Documentation