Git Super Cheatsheet

Some handy commands and configuration for git and ssh

CONFIG

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email you@example.com

Set your git username and email

```
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "you@example.com"
```
Generate a new key pair for SSH authentication
```
ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
```
Add your SSH key to the ssh-agent
```
git config --list --show-origin
```
List and show origin of configuration varialbes

INITIALIZE OR CLONE

```
git init
```
Initialize a new repository in your current folder

git clone git@example.com:user/repo.git

Clone an existing repository

CHECK STATUS

```
git status
```
Check the status of files in your worktree
```
git diff
```
Show the changes of files in your worktree
```
git diff [a]...[b]
```
Show changes between 2 commits or refs

STAGE AND UNSTAGE

```
git add .
```
Add all changed files to the index (stage)
```
git add [file]
```
Add a specific file to the index (stage)
```
git add -p [file]
```
Add only specific hunks to the index (stage)
```
git rm --cached [file]
```
Remove a file from the index (unstage)
```
git mv [old] [new]
```
Move or rename a file and record the path change
```
git clean -fd
```
Remove untracked files recursively

COMMIT CHANGES

```
git commit
```
Commit staged changes to the repository
```
git commit -a
```
Stage modified and deleted files, then commit
```
git commit --amend
```
Fixup the last commit by changing files or the message

SAVE AND RESTORE

```
git stash
```
Saves changes and cleans up the working directory
```
git stash pop
```
Apply the most recent stash to your working tree and remove it
```
git stash drop
```
Remove the most recent stash entry from the list
```
git stash list
```
List your current stash entries

SHOW HISTORY

```
git log
```
Show the commit log
```
git log --oneline
```
Show a compact commit log
```
git log --follow [file]
```
Follow the changes of a file, even accross renames
```
git blame [file]
```
Annotate all changes in a file with author and revision

MANAGE BRANCHES

```
git branch -a
```
Show all branches
```
git branch [name]
```
Create a branch with the specified name
```
git checkout [branch]
```
Checkout a branch
```
git checkout -t [remote/branch]
```
Checkout a remote branch and track it
```
git branch -d [branch]
```
Delete a branch, specify -D to force
```
git branch -dr [remote/branch]
```
Delete a remote branch

MANAGE TAGS

```
git tag [name]
```
Create a tag
```
git tag -d [name]
```
Delete a local a tag
```
git push -d [remote] [tagname]
```
Delete a tag on the specified remote

MANAGE REMOTES

```
git remote -v
```
Show remotes with remote url after name
```
git remote show [remote]
```
Show information about the remote
```
git remote add [name] [url]
```
Add a remote with [name] for the repository at [url]

FETCH CHANGES

```
git fetch [remote]
```
Fetch all changes from the remote, but do not merge them into HEAD
```
git pull [remote] [branch]
```
Fetch a remote branch and integrate into your HEAD

PUBLISH CHANGES

```
git push [remote] [branch]
```
Push changes from your local HEAD to a remote branch
```
git push -u [remote] [branch]
```
Push changes from your local HEAD to a remote branch and track it
```
git push --tags
```
Push all tags

MERGE AND REBASE

```
git merge [branch]
```
Integrate the branch into your current HEAD
```
git rebase [branch]
```
Rebase the current branch onto the given branch

UNDO

```
git reset [commit]
```
Resets HEAD to the specified commit
```
git reset --hard
```
Resets HEAD to the last commit, discarding all changes
```
git reset --hard [commit]
```
Resets HEAD to the specified commit, discarding all changes
```
git checkout HEAD [file]
```
Discard changes in a single file
```
git revert [commit]
```
Revert the changes the specified commit introduced

FIND BUGS

git bisect start
git bisect good [commit]
git bisect bad [commit]

Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug.

VERIFY SIGNATURES

```
git verify-commit [commit]
```
Check the GPG signature of commits
```
git verify-tag [tag]
```
Check the GPG signature of tags

EXPORT

git archive --format zip HEAD > [archive.zip]

Create an archive of your repository