{"id":5365,"date":"2023-07-26T22:04:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T03:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2023-07-29T12:36:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T17:36:27","slug":"git-cheat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incredigeek.com\/home\/git-cheat-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Must Know Git Commands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quick and dirty cheat sheet for using git<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Configure user<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

git config --global user.name \"Username\"<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

git config --global user.email \"email@email.com\"<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initialize git<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

git init<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check log of commits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git log<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check status<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git status<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add all files to staging to be committed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git add -A<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setup .gitignore, to ignore files and directories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example to add .DS_Store files to the ignore file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

echo \".DS_Store\" >> .gitignore<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undo commits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

git reset --hard<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/927358\/how-do-i-undo-the-most-recent-local-commits-in-git<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Branches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Setup a branch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git branch branch_name<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switch to a branch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git checkout branch_name<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merge branch to master<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git checkout master<\/code>
git merge branch_name<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remote Repository (GitHub)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/docs.github.com\/en\/get-started\/getting-started-with-git\/managing-remote-repositories<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll can setup SSH keys to connect to GitHub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/docs.github.com\/en\/authentication\/connecting-to-github-with-ssh\/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

git remote add origin git@github.com:OWNER\/REPO.git<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setup origin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git push --set-upstream origin master<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upload files to GitHub<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git push origin master<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verify remote origin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git remote -v<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set origin URL (Helpful if it has already been added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

git remote set-url origin git@github.com:OWNER\/REPO.git<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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