Git Cheat Sheet

Installation/Configuration

• System Level configuration:
  • Edit /etc/gitconfig, or
  • git config --system
• User Level configuration:
  • Edit ~/.gitconfig, or
  • git config --global
• Project Level configuration:
  • Edit Project_Path/.git/config, or
  • git config from project directory

git --list to display current configurations

Other settings:

• git --config --global core.editor "vim" to set vim as default editor

• git --config --global color.ui true

• Auto Completion
  • Copy raw source: git-completion.bash
  • Save in root folder as a hidden file .git-completion.bash
  • Add to .bash_profile or .bashrc

if [-f ~/.git-completion.bash]; then
   source ~/.git-completion.bash
fi

• Git Prompt
  • Copy raw source: git-prompt.sh
  • Save in root folder as a hidden file .git-prompt.sh
  • Add to .bash_profile or .bashrc

if [-f ~/.git-prompt.sh]; then
   source ~/.git-prompt.sh
   export PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ '
fi

Initializing a Repo

git init
git add .
git commit -m "message here"

Creates a hidden directory (.git) in project directory, adds all files in . directory, commits all staged files

Log

git log -n 5
git log --since=2020-03-03
git log --until=2020-03-02
git log --author="name"
git log --grep="string"
git log --graph --all --oneline --decorate
git log --stat

git log --format=medium

other options:

• short
• oneline
• full
• fuller
• email
• raw

git log -p

• patch/shows an entire change set

Viewing differences

git diff

• –staged
• –cached
• –color-words
• <SHA Value A>..<SHA Value B>

Other commands

git status
git show <SHA Value>
git commit -a
git reset HEAD file
git checkout <SHA Value> -- file
git revert <SHA Value>

Branches