The Complete Git Commands Cheat Sheet – Everything You Need to Know

# Check Git version
git --version

# Set username
git config --global user.name "[name]"

# Set email
git config --global user.email "[email]"

# List all configurations
git config --list

# Enable helpful colorization
git config --global color.ui auto

# Display help documentation
git help

# Initialize a new Git repository
git init

# Create repository in specific directory
git init [directory]

# Clone a repository
git clone [url]

# Clone into specific directory
git clone [url] [directory]

# Clone specific branch
git clone --branch [branch_name] [repository_url]

# Add file to staging
git add [file]

# Add all new and changed files
git add .

# Add all files (including deleted)
git add -A

# Interactive staging
git add -p

# Commit with message
git commit -m "[descriptive message]"

# Add and commit tracked files
git commit -am "[message]"

# Modify most recent commit
git commit --amend

# Amend without changing message
git commit --amend --no-edit

# Create new note
git notes add

# Restore file to last commit
git restore <file>

# Show modified files
git status

# Show ignored files
git status --ignored

# Show working directory changes
git diff

# Show staged changes
git diff --staged
git diff --cached

# Compare branches
git diff [branch1] [branch2]

# Unstage file
git reset [file]

# Compare with last commit
git diff HEAD

# List local branches
git branch

# List all branches
git branch -a

# Create new branch
git branch [branch-name]

# Delete branch locally
git branch -d [branch-name]

# Force delete branch
git branch -D [branch-name]

# Rename branch
git branch -m [old-name] [new-name]

# Switch to branch
git switch -c [branch-name]

# Switch branches
git checkout [branch-name]

# Create and switch
git checkout -b [branch-name]

# Switch to last branch
git checkout -

# Check out commit
git checkout [commit-hash]

# Merge branch
git merge [branch]

# Abort merge
git merge --abort

# Create merge commit
git merge --no-ff [branch]

# List remote repositories
git remote -v

# Add remote
git remote add [name] [url]

# Remove remote
git remote remove [name]

# Delete file
git rm [file]

# Rename remote
git remote rename [old-name] [new-name]

# Fetch branches
git fetch [remote]

# Remove obsolete branches
git fetch --prune

# Fetch and merge
git pull

# Fetch and rebase
git pull --rebase

# Push changes
git push [branch]

# Push and set upstream
git push -u origin [branch]

# Force push
git push --force

# Show commit history
git log

# One line format
git log --oneline

# Show as graph
git log --graph

# Show with stats
git log --stat -M

# Show file changes by author
git blame [file]

# Compare branch commits
git log branchB..branchA

# Show file history
git log --follow [file]

# Show commit details
git show [commit]

# Show current commit hash
git rev-parse HEAD

# Show reference logs
git reflog

# Show object details
git show [SHA]

# Discard changes
git checkout -- [file]

# Preview cleanup
git clean -n

# Remove untracked files
git clean -f

# Remove untracked directories
git clean -fd

# Unstage file
git reset [file]

# Unstage all
git reset

# Reset to commit
git reset --hard [commit]

# Undo commits
git reset [commit]

# Create undo commit
git revert [commit]

# Revert without commit
git revert --no-commit <commit>

# Soft reset
git reset --soft [commit]

# Hard reset
git reset --hard [commit]

# Common .gitignore patterns
logs/
*.notes
pattern*/

# Set global ignore file
git config --global core.excludesfile [file]

# Save changes
git stash

# List stashes
git stash list

# Apply top stash
git stash pop

# Apply without removing
git stash apply

# Remove top stash
git stash drop

# Clear all stashes
git stash clear

# Rebase onto branch
git rebase [branch]

# Interactive rebase
git rebase -i HEAD~[n]

# Abort rebase
git rebase --abort

# Continue rebase
git rebase --continue

# Move file
git mv [existing-path] [new-path]

# List tags
git tag

# Create lightweight tag
git tag [tag-name]

# Create annotated tag
git tag -a [tag-name] -m "[message]"

# Push tag
git push origin [tag-name]

# Check integrity
git fsck

# Clean up repository
git gc

# Remove unreachable objects
git prune

# Verify packed objects
git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx

# Expire reflog
git reflog expire --expire=now --all

# Recover commit
git checkout [lost-commit-hash]

# Cherry-pick commit
git cherry-pick [commit]

# Fetch PR
git fetch origin pull/[PR-number]/head:[branch-name]

# Check out PR
git checkout pr/[PR-number]

# Push to PR
git push origin [branch]:[PR-branch]

# Create repository
gh repo create

# Create pull request
gh pr create

# Create issue
gh issue create

# Fork repository
gh repo fork

# Get command help
git help [command]

# Alternative help
git [command] --help

# Quick help
git -h

# Set default editor
git config --global core.editor "[editor]"

# Create alias
git config --global alias.[shortcut] "[command]"

# Configure line endings
git config --global core.autocrlf true

# Cache credentials
git config --global credential.helper cache

# Set default branch
git config --global init.defaultBranch main