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git config --global user.name "Your Name"Git Cheat Sheet
Comprehensive Git commands for day-to-day work, collaboration, history, releases, recovery, and advanced repository workflows.
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Setup and Configuration
Install identity, defaults, aliases, editors, and safety settings.
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git config --global user.email "you@example.com"bash
git config --global core.editor "code --wait"bash
git config --global init.defaultBranch mainbash
git config --global pull.rebase truebash
git config --global rerere.enabled truebash
git config --global alias.st statusbash
git config --global --add safe.directory /path/to/repoList config with source
Show active configuration and where each value came from.
bashANYconfiginspect
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git config --list --show-originbash
git help configRepository Creation and Discovery
Start, clone, inspect, and archive repositories.
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git initInitialize bare repository
Create a repository without a working tree for server or shared use.
bashANYinitbare
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git init --bare repo.gitbash
git clone https://github.com/owner/repo.gitbash
git clone --branch main --single-branch https://github.com/owner/repo.gitbash
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/owner/repo.gitbash
git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/owner/repo.gitbash
git rev-parse --show-toplevelbash
git archive --format=tar HEAD > repo.tarCreate zip archive with prefix
Bundle repository files without the .git directory.
bashANYarchivezip
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git archive --format=zip --prefix=repo/ HEAD > repo.zipSnapshotting and Commits
Stage, commit, amend, remove, move, and record history.
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git status --shortbash
git status -sbbash
git add path/to/filebash
git add -Abash
git add -pbash
git restore path/to/filebash
git restore --staged path/to/filebash
git rm path/to/filebash
git rm --cached path/to/filebash
git mv old-name new-namebash
git commit -m "Describe your change"bash
git commit -am "Commit message"Amend last commit without editing message
Add staged changes into the previous commit.
bashANYcommitamend
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git commit --amend --no-editbash
git commit --fixup=<commit_sha>bash
git commit --allow-empty -m "Trigger pipeline"Branching and Switching
Create, rename, delete, and inspect branches and checkouts.
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git branch -abash
git branch -vvbash
git branch feature/my-changebash
git switch -c feature/my-changebash
git switch mainCheckout commit detached
Inspect an older commit in detached HEAD state.
bashANYcheckoutdetached-head
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git checkout <commit_sha>bash
git branch -m new-branch-namebash
git branch -d feature/my-changebash
git branch -D feature/my-changebash
git merge-base main feature/my-changeRemotes and Collaboration
Remotes, fetch, pull, push, prune, and upstream tracking.
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git remote -vbash
git remote add origin https://github.com/owner/repo.gitbash
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:owner/repo.gitbash
git fetch originFetch all remotes and prune
Refresh all remotes and remove stale remote-tracking branches.
bashANYfetchprune
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git fetch --all --prunebash
git pull --rebasebash
git push -u origin feature/my-changeForce push with lease
Safer force push that refuses if remote moved unexpectedly.
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git push --force-with-leasebash
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main mainbash
git remote prune originbash
git ls-remote --heads originMerge, Rebase, and Commit Selection
Integrate branches with merges, rebases, cherry-picks, and conflict tools.
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git merge --no-ff feature/my-changebash
git merge --squash feature/my-changebash
git merge --abortbash
git rebase mainInteractive rebase last 10 commits
Reorder, squash, reword, or drop commits.
bashANYrebaseinteractive
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git rebase -i HEAD~10Interactive rebase with autosquash
Automatically place fixup/squash commits.
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git rebase -i --autosquash mainbash
git rebase --continuebash
git rebase --abortbash
git cherry-pick <commit_sha>bash
git cherry-pick A^..Bbash
git cherry -v origin/mainbash
git rerere statusHistory and Inspection
Explore logs, show commits, blame, grep, diff, and file history.
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git log --oneline --decorate --graph --allbash
git log -- path/to/filebash
git log --statbash
git show <commit_sha>bash
git diffbash
git diff --stagedbash
git diff main..feature/my-changebash
git blame path/to/filebash
git grep "search text"bash
git shortlog -snbash
git describe --tagsStash, Clean, and Temporary Work
Save incomplete work, recover it, and remove generated files.
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git stash push -m "WIP"bash
git stash push -u -m "WIP with untracked"bash
git stash listbash
git stash show -p stash@{0}bash
git stash apply stash@{0}bash
git stash popbash
git stash drop stash@{0}bash
git stash branch fixup stash@{0}bash
git clean -ndbash
git clean -fdbash
git clean -fdXUndo, Reset, Revert, and Recovery
Safely undo work, rewrite local state, and recover mistakes.
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git reset --soft HEAD~1bash
git reset --mixed HEAD~1bash
git reset --hard HEAD~1bash
git reset HEAD path/to/filebash
git revert <commit_sha>Revert range without committing
Stage reverse patches for a range and commit later.
bashANYrevertrange
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git revert --no-commit A^..Bbash
git reflogbash
git reset --hard HEAD@{1}bash
git fsck --lost-foundbash
git checkout --orphan gh-pagesWorktrees, Submodules, and Sparse Checkout
Advanced repository layouts and large-repo workflows.
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git worktree listbash
git worktree add ../repo-feature feature/my-changebash
git worktree add -b fix/login ../repo-fix mainbash
git worktree remove ../repo-featurebash
git submodule add https://github.com/org/lib.git vendor/libbash
git submodule update --init --recursivebash
git submodule status --recursivebash
git sparse-checkout init --conebash
git sparse-checkout set src docsbash
git sparse-checkout disableSearch, Filter, and Select Commits
Revision ranges, ancestry, and content-focused querying.
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git log --author="Alice"bash
git log --grep="fix login"bash
git log --since="2026-01-01"Pickaxe search for string
Find commits that changed occurrence count for a string.
bashANYlogpickaxe
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git log -S "FeatureFlag" -- source/file.tsbash
git log -G "useFeature\(" -- "*.ts"bash
git rev-list --count HEADbash
git name-rev --name-only <commit_sha>bash
git range-diff origin/main...v1 origin/main...v2Bundles, Bisect, and Maintenance
Offline transfer, bug hunting, and repository upkeep.
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git bundle create repo.bundle --allbash
git bundle verify repo.bundlebash
git clone repo.bundle repo-from-bundlebash
git bisect startbash
git bisect badbash
git bisect good v1.0.0bash
git bisect run ./test-script.shbash
git bisect resetRun aggressive garbage collection
Compact repository storage more aggressively.
bashANYgcmaintenance
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git gc --aggressivebash
git maintenance runSelected Server and Admin Commands
Useful commands for mirrors, daemon support, and policy setup.
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git clone --mirror git@github.com:owner/repo.gitbash
git remote updatebash
git update-server-infobash
touch .git/git-daemon-export-okbash
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/mainMore in Git
Git Patch and Email Workflows
Patch-oriented Git workflows using format-patch, apply, am, and range-diff for mailing-list and review-based collaboration.
Git Internals and Plumbing
Low-level Git objects, refs, trees, index, commit creation, and packfile plumbing for advanced users and debugging.
Git Recovery and Reflog
Git recovery patterns using reflog, ORIG_HEAD, fsck, dangling objects, and targeted reset or cherry-pick flows.
Git Hooks
Git hook locations, setup patterns, and reusable client-side hook snippets for linting, testing, policy, and automation.
Git Config Cookbook
Ready-to-use Git configuration recipes for identity, pull/push policy, aliases, tools, safety, and performance.
Git Revision Syntax
Git revision selectors, ranges, parents, symbolic refs, and object/path addressing.
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