<p class="ql-align-justify">Hey everyone, In this article, we will see the most used Git Bash commands and give a quick start with a cheat sheet. We already discussed in the brief of Git commands earlier <a href="https://sidtechtalks.in/basic-git-commands-that-developers-should-know/">Important Basic Git Commands – Developers should know </a>.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><a href="https://git-scm.com/">Git </a>helps to <strong>tracks </strong>and work on the <strong>same workspace </strong>that developers or organizations use to <strong>collaborate </strong>on developing applications.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">So, let’s start with the Git commands. We will see the commands of these below phases to learn easily.</p><ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Setup</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Start a Project</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Make a Change</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Basic Concepts</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Branches</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Merging</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Rebasing</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Undoing Things</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Review your Repo</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Stashing</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Synchronizing</li></ul><p class="ql-align-justify">Read full post</p>

A Quick Git Bash Commands Cheat Sheet

<img src="https://sidtechtalks.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Blog-Infographic-BANNER-1.jpg" alt="SidTechTalks" width="640" height="400"><img width="625" height="351" src="https://sidtechtalks.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/git-610x343.png" alt="git cheat sheet" srcset="https://sidtechtalks.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/git-610x343.png 610w, https://sidtechtalks.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/git-520x292.png 520w"><div><span data-ulike-counter-value="0">0</span></div><p dir="ltr">Hey everyone, In this article, we will see the most used Git Bash commands and give a quick start with a cheat sheet. We already discussed in the brief of Git commands earlier <a href="https://sidtechtalks.in/basic-git-commands-that-developers-should-know/" rel="noreferrer noopener" dir="ltr">Important Basic Git Commands – Developers should know</a>.</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://git-scm.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" dir="ltr">Git </a>helps to <strong dir="ltr">tracks </strong>and work on the<strong dir="ltr"> same workspace</strong> that developers or organizations use to <strong dir="ltr">collaborate </strong>on developing applications.</p><p>So, let’s start with the Git commands</p><div data-htoc-state="expanded"><span><span>Table of Contents</span></span></div><h3>Setup</h3><p>Set the name and email that will be attached to your commits and tags</p><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eeb568631952-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eeb568631952-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eeb568631952-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eeb568631952-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eeb568631952-5">5</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">config</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">--</span><span dir="ltr">global</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">user</span><span dir="ltr">.</span><span dir="ltr">name</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">"YOUR NAME"</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">config</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">--</span><span dir="ltr">global</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">user</span><span dir="ltr">.</span><span dir="ltr">email</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">"myemail@gmail.com"</span></div><h3>Start a Project</h3><p>Create a local repo (omit &lt;directory&gt; to initialize the current directory as a git repo)</p><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef3977857519-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef3977857519-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef3977857519-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef3977857519-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef3977857519-5">5</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef3977857519-6">6</div><h3>Make a Change</h3><p>Add a file to the staging</p><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef5352760190-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef5352760190-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef5352760190-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef5352760190-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef5352760190-5">5</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef5352760190-6">6</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">commit</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">m</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">"commit message"</span></div><div><span>// Add all changes made to tracked files &amp; commit</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">commit</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">am</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">"commit message"</span></div><h3>Basic Concepts</h3><p dir="ltr"><strong dir="ltr">main </strong>or <strong dir="ltr">master</strong>: default development branch</p><p dir="ltr"><strong dir="ltr">origin</strong>: default upstream repo</p><p dir="ltr"><strong dir="ltr">HEAD</strong>: current branch</p><p dir="ltr"><strong dir="ltr">HEAD^</strong>: parent of HEAD</p><p dir="ltr"><strong dir="ltr">HEAD~2</strong>: grandparent of HEAD</p><h3>Branches</h3><UL><LI>List all local branches.</LI><LI>Add -r flag to show all remote branches.</LI><LI>Use -a flag for all branches.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef8039636087-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef8039636087-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef8039636087-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef8039636087-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef8039636087-5">5</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8ef8039636087-6">6</div><UL><LI>If you want to switch to a branch &amp; update the working directory.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efa014705559-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efa014705559-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efa014705559-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efa014705559-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efa014705559-5">5</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efa014705559-6">6</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">checkout</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">&lt;</span><span dir="ltr">branch</span><span dir="ltr">&gt;</span></div><div><span>// Create a new branch and switch to it.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">checkout</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">b</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">&lt;</span><span dir="ltr">new</span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">branch</span><span dir="ltr">&gt;</span></div><UL><LI>Delete a branch</LI></UL><div><span>// Delete a merged branch</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">branch</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">d</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">&lt;</span><span dir="ltr">branch</span><span dir="ltr">&gt;</span></div><div><span>// Delete a branch, whether merged or not</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">branch</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">D</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">&lt;</span><span dir="ltr">branch</span><span dir="ltr">&gt;</span></div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efe764126331-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efe764126331-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8efe764126331-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eff794138439-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eff794138439-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eff794138439-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eff794138439-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eff794138439-5">5</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eff794138439-6">6</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8eff794138439-7">7</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">checkout</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">b</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">merge</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">a</span></div><div><span>// Merge &amp; squash all commits into one new commit</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">merge</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">--</span><span dir="ltr">squash</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">a</span></div><h3>Rebasing</h3><p>Rebase feature branch onto main(to incorporate new changes made to main). Prevents unnecessary merge commits into the feature, keeping history clean.</p><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f02861473430-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f02861473430-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f02861473430-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f02861473430-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f02861473430-5">5</div><p>It cleans up a branch commits before rebasing onto the main</p><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f03477189028-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f03477189028-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f03477189028-3">3</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f03477189028-4">4</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f03477189028-5">5</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f03477189028-6">6</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">rebase</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">i</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">main</span></div><div><span>// rebase the last 2 commits on current branch</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">rebase</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">-</span><span dir="ltr">i</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">HEAD</span><span dir="ltr">~</span><span dir="ltr">2</span></div><h3>Undoing Things</h3><UL><LI>Move (or rename) a file and stage move.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f05366300365-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f05366300365-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f05366300365-3">3</div><UL><LI>Remove a file from the working directory &amp; staging area, then stage the removal.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f06909362632-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f06909362632-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f06909362632-3">3</div><UL><LI>Remove from staging area only</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f07325816100-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f07325816100-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f07325816100-3">3</div><p>View previous commit (READ only)</p><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f09115263402-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f09115263402-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f09115263402-3">3</div><UL><LI> Create a new commit, reverting the changes from a specified commit.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0a186346180-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0a186346180-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0a186346180-3">3</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">revert</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">&lt;</span><span dir="ltr">COMMIT_ID</span><span dir="ltr">&gt;</span></div><UL><LI>Go back to a previous commit &amp; delete all commits ahead of it (revert is safer). Add –hard flag to also delete workspace changes (Be very careful)</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0c205372131-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0c205372131-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0c205372131-3">3</div><h3>Review your Repo</h3><UL><LI>List new or modified files not yet committed.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0d908167671-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0d908167671-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0d908167671-3">3</div><UL><LI>List commit history, with respective IDs.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0e875177027-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0e875177027-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f0e875177027-3">3</div><UL><LI>Show changes to unstaged files. For changes to staged files, add –cached option.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f10329262393-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f10329262393-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f10329262393-3">3</div><UL><LI>Show changes between two commits</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f11304678221-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f11304678221-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f11304678221-3">3</div><h3>Stashing</h3><p>Store modified &amp; staged changes. To include untracked files, add -u flag. For untracked &amp; ignored files, add -a flag.</p><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f12854668514-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f12854668514-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f12854668514-3">3</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">stash </span><span dir="ltr">save</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">"your comment"</span></div><UL><LI>Partial stash. Stash just a single or collection of files, or individual change within the files.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f15178639345-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f15178639345-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f15178639345-3">3</div><UL><LI>List all stashes</LI></UL><UL><LI>Re-apply the stash without deleting it.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f18111352983-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f18111352983-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f18111352983-3">3</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git </span><span dir="ltr">stash </span><span dir="ltr">apply</span></div><UL><LI>Re-apply the stash at index 3, then delete it from the stash list. Omit stash@{n} to pop the most recent stash.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f19981132834-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f19981132834-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f19981132834-3">3</div><div dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr">$</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">git</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">stash</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">pop</span><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">stash</span><span dir="ltr">@</span><span dir="ltr">{</span><span dir="ltr">3</span><span dir="ltr">}</span></div><UL><LI>Show the diff summary of stash 1. Pass the -p flag to see the full diff.</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f1b355024496-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f1b355024496-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f1b355024496-3">3</div><UL><LI>Delete stash at index 1. Omit stash@{n} to delete last stash made.\</LI></UL><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f1c742088745-1">1</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f1c742088745-2">2</div><div data-line="urvanov-syntax-highlighter-623b70bcb8f1c742088745-3">3</div><UL><LI>Delete all stashes</LI></UL>

A quick git cheat sheet to start your development with more productivity and easiness.

We will see the most used Git Bash commands and give a quick start with a cheat sheet. It will help you to understand the git commands.

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<p>Hey everyone, In this article, we will see the most used Git Bash commands and give a quick start with a cheat sheet. We already discussed in the brief of Git commands earlier <a href="https://sidtechtalks.in/basic-git-commands-that-developers-should-know/">Important Basic Git Commands – Developers should know </a>. </p>

<p><a href="https://git-scm.com/">Git </a>helps to <strong>tracks </strong>and work on the<strong>same workspace </strong>that developers or organizations use to <strong>collaborate </strong>on developing applications. </p>

<p>So, let’s start with the Git commands </p>

<p>Set the name and email that will be attached to your commits and tags </p>

<p>Create a local repo (omit <directory> to initialize the current directory as a git repo) </p>

<p><strong>main </strong>or <strong>master </strong>: default development branch </p>

<p><strong>origin </strong>: default upstream repo </p>

<p><strong>HEAD </strong>: current branch </p>

<p><strong>HEAD^ </strong>: parent of HEAD </p>

<p><strong>HEAD~2 </strong>: grandparent of HEAD </p>

<ul><li>List all local branches. </li><li>Add -r flag to show all remote branches. </li><li>Use -a flag for all branches. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>If you want to switch to a branch & update the working directory. </li> </ul>

<p>Rebase feature branch onto main(to incorporate new changes made to main). Prevents unnecessary merge commits into the feature, keeping history clean. </p>

<p>It cleans up a branch commits before rebasing onto the main </p>

<ul><li>Move (or rename) a file and stage move. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Remove a file from the working directory & staging area, then stage the removal. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Remove from staging area only </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Create a new commit, reverting the changes from a specified commit. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Go back to a previous commit & delete all commits ahead of it (revert is safer). Add –hard flag to also delete workspace changes (Be very careful) </li> </ul>

<ul><li>List new or modified files not yet committed. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>List commit history, with respective IDs. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Show changes to unstaged files. For changes to staged files, add –cached option. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Show changes between two commits </li> </ul>

<p>Store modified & staged changes. To include untracked files, add -u flag. For untracked & ignored files, add -a flag. </p>

<ul><li>Partial stash. Stash just a single or collection of files, or individual change within the files. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Re-apply the stash without deleting it. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Re-apply the stash at index 3, then delete it from the stash list. Omit stash@{n} to pop the most recent stash. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Show the diff summary of stash 1. Pass the -p flag to see the full diff. </li> </ul>

<ul><li>Delete stash at index 1. Omit stash@{n} to delete last stash made.\ </li> </ul>

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