Most Common Git Commands
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Init Git Repo
git init
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Add files or folder into
.gitignore
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Add a file
git add <filename>
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Add some files by name
git add <list of file>
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Add all .txt files (same extension files)
git add *.txt
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Add all .txt files in docs directory
git add docs/*.txt
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Add all files in docs directory
git add docs/
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Add all .txt files in the whole project
git add "*.txt"
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Add all files
git add --all
OR
git add .
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Add only part of a file
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git add --patch <filename>
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Get back from staged area
git rm --cached <filename>
OR
git reset HEAD <filename>
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Difference between last commit and present version(Before stage)/Unstage differences
git diff
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Difference between staged version and last commit
git diff --staged
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Commit changes
git commit
git commit -m "<your message>"
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To add and commit in one command
git commit -a -m "<your message>"
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Amend last commit and override commit message
git add --all
git commit --amend -m "<your message>"
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Pick specific commit from same or another branch to targeted branch
git cherry-pick <commit_id>
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Pick file from another branch to targeted branch
git checkout <branch_name> <file_name>
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Move to the stage area from last commit
git reset --soft HEAD^
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totally delete the last commit
git reset --hard HEAD^
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Totally delete the last two commit
git reset --hard HEAD^^
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To watch all remote branches
git branch -r
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To switch into branches
git checkout <branch name>
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To create branch
git branch <branch name>
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To create brach and switch
git branch -b <branch name>
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Delete only remote branch
git push origin :<branch name>
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Delete branch locally
git branch -d <branch name>
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Delete branch forcefully
git branch -D <branch name>
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To watch remote log
git remote show origin
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Delete all remote branch references
git remote prune origin
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List all the tag
git tag
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Go to tag
git checkout <tagname>
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Add a tag
git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "<commit message>"
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Push all tags
git push --tags
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List of all remote branches
git branch -r
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Watch all remote branches
git remote show <remote name>
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Delete all deleted remote branch references
git remote prune
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Push branch into Heroko which is not master
git push <Heroko branch name> <branch name>:master
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Set configuration for local branch
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Username
git config user.name <username>
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Email
git config user.email <email>
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Set username password for local/particular branch
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Run this command
git config credential.helper store
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Then pull the repository
git pull
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Remove cached password
git config --global --unset credential.helper
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To untrack a single file that has already been added/initialized to repository
git rm --cached <filename>
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To untrack every file that is now in
.gitignore
git rm -r --cached .
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Rename a local and remote git repository
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Checkout to old repository
git checkout <old name>
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Rename the repository
git branch -m <new name>
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Delete origin repository
git push origin --delete <old name>
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Push repository with new name
git push origin -u <new name>
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List the changed files before staging
git diff --name-only
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List the changed files in staging
git diff --name-only --cached
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List the changed files of current commit
git diff --name-only HEAD^ HEAD
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Batch search and delete local branches when there are too many
NOTE: Beaware of
grep
,egrep
,xargs
in WindowsYou can check out below link if you are facing any issue with these commands
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Delete all branches matching keyword, e.g: dev or dev
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Delete all branches suffixing
dev
git branch --list "*dev" | xargs git branch -D
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Delete all branches prefixing
dev
git branch --list "dev*" | xargs git branch -D
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Delete all branches prefixing
dev
and ends only with a number (e.g: task number)git branch --list "dev*[0-9]" | xargs git branch -D
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Delete all except given branches, e.g: except develop and master branchs
git branch | egrep -v "master|develop" | xargs git branch -D
here
-v
means "invert the match"
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Often for Mac users, using bash terminal, you do not find git autocomplete in bash
STEP 1: From git-completion
Get git-completion script
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash -o ~/.git-completion.bash
STEP 2: Update .bash_profile
Add the following code to your .bash_profile (~/.bash_profile).
if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then . ~/.git-completion.bash fi
STEP 3: Apply the changes
source ~/.bash_profile
Now you should be able to use git autocomplete in your bash terminal.
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Delete all
.DS_Store
files fromgit
—cached
find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f | xargs git rm -r --cached
You can use similar command for other file names
You can use regex in the search string parameter