Git-Cheatsheet

🐱A Cheatsheet for Git

Fundamentals

Term	Description
Working Tree	Directory where modifications are made
HEAD	Symbolic Reference to the most recent commit
Index	This is where commits will be prepared
Repository	Different states of files will be tracked inside the Repository

Commands

Command	Description
git config --global user.name "Max Mustermann"	Configure global username
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"	Configure global email adress
git config -l	show all configurations for current repo
git config alias.<alias-name> <alias>	create a alias
git config --global alias.<alias-name> `config --global`	create alias with parameters
git config color.ui auto	set color options to automatic mode
git init example	initalise git repository
git status	show current repository status
git add file	add file to the index
git add .	add all changes made to the index
git add --p	git will ask you which files you want to add to the index
git commit -m "First Commit"	Commit changes to current branch
git commit --amend	Repair commit (SHA-1 Hash will change)
git show	show last commit message etc.
git show HEAD	show newest commit
git show master	show latest commit of branch master
git show 77cc0045	show commit with hash 77cc0045
git log	show all commits
git diff	show difference between working tree, index and repo
git diff --staging	show difference between index and repo
git reset HEAD	reset the index
git reset --p	git will ask you which files you want to remove from the index

Files

Filename	Description
~/.gitconfig	Configuration for all repositories - global
/etc/gitconfig	system wide configurations

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Update Tags

git tag -l | xargs git tag -d

git fetch --tags