Git Basics Cheatsheet

• Init

  • This command creates an empty Git repository or reinitializes an existing one (if applicable)

git init

• Set origin

The below command is used to add a new remote (URL for your git repository) :

git remote add origin git@github.com:User/UserRepo.git

The below is used to change the URL of an existing remote repository:

git remote set-url origin git@github.com:User/UserRepo.git

The below command will push your code to the master branch of the remote repository defined with the origin and -u let you point your current local branch to the remote master branch:

git push -u origin master

• Remote

You can check existing remotes with

git remote -v

• Pull

  • This command is used to pull the latest changes from a given branch, from your remote repo into your local branch.

git pull

git pull origin <branch_name>

• Checkout

git checkout -b <new_branch_name>

git checkout <existing_branch_name>

• Branch

  • This command is used to list, create, or delete branches in your local and remote repo

git branch

git branch -d <branch_name_to_be_deleted>

git branch -D <remote_branch_name_to_be_deleted>

• Add

git add <file_name>

git add .

• Commit

git commit -m "<commit_msg>"

• Push

  • This command is used to push the latest changes from a local branch to your remote repo into your specified branch.

git push

git push origin <branch_name>

git push -f