https://github.com/faizulislamfair/git_commands

A repo for learning and recalling git commands!
https://github.com/faizulislamfair/git_commands

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A repo for learning and recalling git commands!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/faizulislamfair/git_commands
• Owner: faizulislamfair
• Created: 2021-11-22T09:17:44.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-19T13:43:58.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-07T19:46:24.838Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: git
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• Size: 15.6 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Git Commands










## To setup username globally

### git config --global user.name "username"




## To setup email globally

### git config --global user.email "email"




## To change username globally

### git config --global user.name "username"




## To change email globally

### git config --global user.email "email"




## To check if the setup is complete

### git config --list




## To exit the list 

### press 'q'(just q)




## To see the username

### git config user.name




## To see the email

### git config user.email




## To delete branch locally,

### git branch -D branch_name




## To delete branch remotely,

### git push origin --delete branch_name




## To download latest changes from a remote repository to local machine

### git fetch 




## To integrate changes from one branch into another

### git checkout branch_to_merge_into 

### git merge branch_to_merge_from 




## To download latest changes from a remote repository to local machine and integrate into current branch (git fetch + git merge)

### git pull




## To remove a specific staged file (only added/staged, not committed) or unstage

### git rm --cached file_name(with extension) 


or, 


### git reset file_name(with extension)




## To remove all unstaged changes and move head to specific point

### git reset commit_id




## To remove all staged and unstaged changes and move head to specific point

### git reset --hard commit_id




## To remove all staged files (only added/staged, not committed) or unstage

### git reset HEAD




## To remove all staged changes (even from files) and staged files(only added/staged, not committed) or unstage

### git reset --hard HEAD




## To exit from git log press 'q' (just q)




## To view all commits with ids in a clean way 

### git log --pretty=oneline




## To view all commits with ids in a clean way (shorter version)

### git log --oneline




## To display changes between a specific commit and current head

### git diff commit_id

 


 

## To abort merge after getting conflict message

### git merge --abort




## To not lose changes by not committing yet and moving to another branch to work on something

### git stash 


or, 
 

### git stash -u 


and then to apply changes after coming back later 


### git stash apply index_number(0)




## To save stash with a custom message

### git stash push -m "message_name"




## To change name of most recent commit that hasn't been pushed to remote repo yet

### git commit --amend -m "new commit message"




## To change name of most recent commit that has been pushed to remote repo

### git commit --amend -m "new commit message"

### Plus

### git push --force




## To forcefully revert back to the state of the latest commit, discarding any local changes and disregarding any conflicts or warnings

### git checkout HEAD~ --force




## To move HEAD to a particular commit, push to repo and pull to master branch

### git checkout commit_id

### git add .

### git commit -m "commit message"

### git push origin HEAD:master --force

### Plus

### git checkout master

### git pull 




## To bring in changes from a specific commit 

## To bring in changes from one commit and commit directly in my branch

### git cherry-pick commit_id 

or, 


## To bring in changes from more than one commit and commit directly in my branch

### git cherry-pick commit_id_one commit_id_two 

## To bring in changes from one commit and without committing directly in my branch

### git cherry-pick commit_id -n

then commit, 


### git commit -m "commit_name"




## To undo changes introduced in a previous commit and commit

### git revert commit_id

### Plus

### :q (to exit)




## To replay all commits on our current branch on top of specified branch

### git rebase branch_name

## To edit commit history before rebasing

### git rebase -i branch_name