A work-in-progress list of my favorite Git commands

A concise reference of my most-used Git commands. Updated September 2024.

Repository Setup

• git init
  Init repo
• git clone <url>
  Clone repo (add --depth <n> for shallow)

Branching

• git checkout -b <branch>
  New branch
• git branch --list
  List branches
• git branch -D <branch>
  Delete branch
• git branch -m <new-branch-name>
  Rename current local branch
• git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<remote> <local>
  Link remote/local
• git push --set-upstream origin <branch>
  Push & track

Staging & Status

• git status
  Status
• git add --all
  Stage all
• git restore <file>
  Discard changes
• git reset --hard
  Reset all
• git reset --hard origin/main
  Reset to remote
• git reset --mixed HEAD
  Unstage, keep changes

Committing & Pushing

• git commit -m "msg"
  Commit
• git push origin <branch>
  Push branch
• git push origin --delete <branch>
  Delete remote branch
• git pull
  Pull latest

File & History

• git checkout <commit> <file>
  Restore file
• git show <commit>:<file>
  Show file at commit
• git log -v
  Verbose log
• git log -p
  Log with diff
• git log <file>
  File history
• git blame <file>
  Line authors
• git reflog
  Ref log (recover)
• git fsck --lost-found
  Find lost commits

Merging & Rebasing

• git rebase main
  Rebase onto main
• git cherry-pick <commit>
  Apply commit
• git revert head
  Undo last commit

Tags

• git tag <tag> <commit>
  Tag commit
• git push origin <tag>
  Push tag

Diff & Fetch

• git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only
  Changed files
• git fetch --all
  Fetch all remotes