Git Commands

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A list of random, but useful git commands

Git command	What it does
git checkout [branch-name]	Checkout a branch that already exists (local or remote)
git checkout -b [branch-name]	Create and checkout a branch locally
git checkout master	Checkout the master branch
git clone [url] [dir]	Clone a repo from url to a directory
git fetch origin	Update and pull from origin
git pull	Get the latest copy of the repo
git pull origin master	Get the latest master from the origin
git checkout -- [file-name]	Revert file-name to the version in the repo
git remote update	update the information from the origin

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git branch -a | List all branches locally and origin git branch -d [branch] | Delete a branch git remote prune origin | Remove listings of closed branches | git add [file-name] | Add a file to the staging area for committing git add *.[type] | Add all files of type to the staging area for committing git add -u | Add all modified files to the staging area for committing | git mv [file-name] [folder] | Move a file to a new folder | git commit -m "[descriptive-message]" | Commit the staged area with a descriptive message | git merge [branch-name] | Merge the changes from [branch] to the one you have currently checked out, typically master to your dev branch git submodule update --merge | Update all submodules and merge them git submodule update --remote | Update the submodule references on the remote system to the current commits git submodule update | Update your local submodules to those referenced on the remote system git rebase master | USE ONLY ON LOCAL BRANCHES - reapply your changes to the most recently pulled master git submodule update --init | 'clear out' any submodules with new commits | git push -u origin [branch-name] | Push a new branch to the origin git push origin [branch-name] | Push a branch to the origin | git status | Get the status information git status -s | Get a summarised status, note that M means Modified, ?? Mean untracked | git clean -f | Remove unstaged files git clean -f -d | Remove unstaged files and directories | git ls-remote --get-url | Get the remote URL of a repository | git stash | Put all current modifications onto a stack git stash apply | Apply the changes from the last stash git stash drop stash@{0} | Drop the most recent stash from the stack git stash pop | Apply and drop the most recent stash from the stack git stash branch [branch-name] | Creates a new branch from the commit when the branch was stashed, applies the stash, and if successful drops the stash git stash clear | Delete all stashes | git rm [file-name] | Remove a file from the staging area | git log | View the commit history git log -[n] | Limit the number of entries shown by the log git log -p | Show the diffs as well as the log git log --stat | Abbreviated stats for each commit | git commit --amend | Allows you to amend you last commit (missing files, or alter message) | git reset HEAD [file-name] | Unstage a file git reset --hard [sha] | Reset the branch to a specific checkout git reset -- soft HEAD ~ | Reverse the commit to the previous one git reset HEAD ~ | unstage all files | git log -1 HEAD | Get the commit info for the most recent commit | git config -l --global | grep http | Check for global proxies git config -l | grep http | Check for local proxies git config --global --unset-all http.proxy | Remove http proxies from global config git config --global --unset-all https.proxy | Remove https proxies from global config git config --unset-all http.proxy | Remove http proxies from local config git config --unset-all https.proxy | Remove https proxies from local config