GitCheatSheet.txt

 Git Cheat Sheet


    SETUP
 Configuring user information used accross all local reposotories
     git config --global user.name "[firstname lastname]"
set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history

     git config --global user.email "[valid-email]"
set an email address that will be associated with each history marker 

     git config --global color.ui auto
set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing 


   SETUP & INIT
Configuring user information,initialiazing and cloning reposorities 
     git init
initialiaze an existing directory as a Git repository

     git clone[url]
retrive an entire repository from a hosted location via url


   STAGE & SNAPSHOT
working with snapshots and the Git staging area
    git status
show modified files in working directory,staged for your next commit

     git add [file]
add a file as it looks now to your next commit(stage)

     git reset [file]
unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory 

     git diff
diff of what is changed but not staged

     git diff --staged
diff of what is staged but not yet committed

     git commit -m "[descriptive message]"
 commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot


    BRANCH & MERGE
isolating work in branches,changing context,and integrating changes
     git branch
list your branches.a * will appear next to the current active branch

     git branch [branch-name]
create a new bnranch at the current commit

     git checkout 
switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory

     git merge [branch]     
merge the specified branch's history into the currentv one

     git log
show all commits in the current branche's history

  INSPECT & COMPARE
Examing logs,diffs and Object information
     git log
show the commit history for the currently active branch

     git log branchB..branchA
show the commits on the branchA that are not on branchB 

     git log --floww [file]
show the commits that cahnged file,even accross renames 

     git diff branchB...branchA
show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB

     git show [SHA]
show any object in Git in human-readable format


   TRACKING PATH CHANGES
Versioning file removes,and path changes
     git rm [file]
delete the file from the project and stage the removal for commit 

     git mv [existing-path] [new-path]
change an existing file path and stage the move

     git log --stat -M
show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved 


   IGNORING PATTERNS
preventing unintentational staging or committing of files 
     logs /
     * .notes
     pattern */
save a file with desired patterns as .git ignore with either direct string matches or wildcard globs

     git congig --global core.excludefile [file]
system wide ignore pattern for all local reposorities


   SHARE & UPDATE
retrieving updates from another repository and updating local repos 
     git remote add [alias] [url]   
add a git url as an alias 

     git fetch [alias]
fetch down all the branches from the Git remote     

     git merge [alias]/[branch]
merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date 

     git push [alias] [branch]
transmit local branch commits to the remote reposority branch 

     git pull 
fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch


   REWRITE HISTORY
Rewriting branches,updating commits and clearing history 
     git rebase [branch]
apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one      

     git reset --hard [commit]
clear staging area,rewrite working tree from specified commit 


   TEMPORARY COMMITS
Temporarily store modified,tracked files in order to change branches
     git stash
save modified and staged changes         

     git stash list 
list stack-order of statshed file changes 

     git statsh pop
write working from top of stash stack 

     git stash drop
discard the changes from top of stash stack