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117 lines
4.2 KiB
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# Git cheat sheet
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See also [fixing commits][fix-commit]
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## Common commands
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- add
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- `git add foo.py`
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- checkout
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- `git checkout -b new-branch-name`
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- `git checkout main`
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- `git checkout old-branch-name`
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- commit
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- `git commit -m "topic: Commit message title."`
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- `git commit --amend`: Modify the previous commit.
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- config
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- `git config --global core.editor nano`
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- `git config --global core.symlinks true`
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- diff
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- `git diff`
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- `git diff --cached`
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- `git diff HEAD~2..`
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- fetch
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- `git fetch origin`
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- `git fetch upstream`
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- grep
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- `git grep update_unread_counts`
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- log
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- `git log`
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- pull
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- `git pull --rebase`: **Use this**. Zulip uses a [rebase oriented workflow][git-overview].
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- `git pull` (with no options): Will either create a merge commit
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(which you don't want) or do the same thing as `git pull --rebase`,
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depending on [whether you've configured Git properly][git-config-clone]
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- push
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- `git push origin +branch-name`
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- rebase
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- `git rebase -i HEAD~3`
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- `git rebase -i main`
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- `git rebase upstream/main`
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- reflog
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- `git reflog | head -10`
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- remote
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- `git remote -v`
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- reset
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- `git reset HEAD~2`
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- rm
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- `git rm oops.txt`
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- show
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- `git show HEAD`
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- `git show HEAD~~~`
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- `git show main`
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- status
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- `git status`
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## Detailed cheat sheet
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- add
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- `git add foo.py`: add `foo.py` to the staging area
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- `git add foo.py bar.py`: add `foo.py` AND `bar.py` to the staging area
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- `git add -u`: Adds all tracked files to the staging area.
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- checkout
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- `git checkout -b new-branch-name`: create branch `new-branch-name` and switch to/check out that new branch
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- `git checkout main`: switch to your `main` branch
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- `git checkout old-branch-name`: switch to an existing branch `old-branch-name`
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- commit
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- `git commit -m "commit message"`: It is recommended to type a
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multiline commit message, however.
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- `git commit`: Opens your default text editor to write a commit message.
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- `git commit --amend`: changing the last commit message. Read more [here][fix-commit]
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- config
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- `git config --global core.editor nano`: set core editor to `nano` (you can set this to `vim` or others)
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- `git config --global core.symlinks true`: allow symbolic links
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- diff
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- `git diff`: display the changes you have made to all files
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- `git diff --cached`: display the changes you have made to staged files
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- `git diff HEAD~2..`: display the 2 most recent changes you have made to files
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- fetch
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- `git fetch origin`: fetch origin repository
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- `git fetch upstream`: fetch upstream repository
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- grep
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- `git grep update_unread_counts static/js`: Search our JS for references to update_unread_counts.
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- log
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- `git log`: show commit logs
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- `git log --oneline | head`: To quickly see the latest ten commits on a branch.
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- pull
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- `git pull --rebase`: rebase your changes on top of `main`.
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- `git pull` (with no options): Will either create a merge commit
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(which you don't want) or do the same thing as `git pull --rebase`,
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depending on [whether you've configured Git properly][git-config-clone]
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- push
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- `git push origin branch-name`: push you commits to the origin repository _only if_ there are no conflicts.
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Use this when collaborating with others to prevent overwriting their work.
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- `git push origin +branch-name`: force push your commits to your origin repository.
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- rebase
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- `git rebase -i HEAD~3`: interactive rebasing current branch with first three items on HEAD
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- `git rebase -i main`: interactive rebasing current branch with `main` branch
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- `git rebase upstream/main`: rebasing current branch with `main` branch from upstream repository
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- reflog
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- `git reflog | head -10`: manage reference logs for the past 10 commits
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- remote
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- `git remote -v`: display your origin and upstream repositories
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- reset
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- `git reset HEAD~2`: reset two most recent commits
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- rm
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- `git rm oops.txt`: remove `oops.txt`
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- show
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- `git show HEAD`: display most recent commit
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- `git show HEAD~~~`: display third most recent commit
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- `git show main`: display most recent commit on `main`
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- status
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- `git status`: show the working tree status, unstaged and staged files
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[fix-commit]: fixing-commits.md
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[git-config-clone]: cloning.md#step-1b-clone-to-your-machine
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[git-overview]: overview.md
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