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Git Command Shortcuts

Common Git Command Reminders

Initialized a new repo for the current folder 

git init

Clone a remote repository 

git clone <remoteURL/>

Stage files for commit

Adds all the files to the stages

git add .

Commit the files with a message

Creates a version of your repo for point in time commit prior to staging

git commit -m "adding new files"

Adding a remote repo

Publishing your code to github

git remote add <remotename> <remoteURL>

Creating a new local branch

git checkout -b <Name of Branch>

OR 

git switch -c <Name of Branch>

To switch from different branches 

git checkout <Name of Branch>

OR 

git switch <Name of Branch>

Fetch remote changes

Git fetch tells git to go to the default remote repo and donwload all the changes to the local repo 

git fetch <remoteName>

Git interactive rebase allows you to reaarange, eliminate, and much more

git rebase -i <remoteOrLocalBranchNameorCommitHash>

Git reset hard if you want to start from a clean slate. Gives you a new chance to throw anything not committed away. 

git reset --hard

If you want to stash your changes and then move to another branch without losing your work 

git stash <stashes uncommited changes>
git stash pop <retrieves the changes you stashed last>
git stash drop <drops the changes from your stashed list>

rename a branch if you misspelled or need to update the name

git branch -m <OldBranchName> <NewBranchName>
git push <remoteName> :<oldBranchName> <NewBranchName>

Show a commit log 

git log

Create a graph from all of the commit logs

git log --pretty=format:\"%h %ad | %s%d [%an]\" --graph --date=short