Git Command Summary

git init initialise a repository
git add add a file to the staging area
git commit commit changes to the repository
- -a automatically stage existing files
- -m add commit message directly
git log show changes in commits
git diff compare repository with last commit
git mv rename files in filesystem and repository
git rm remove files in filesystem and repository
- --cached remove files from repository but not filesystem
git checkout <sha> checkout a previous commit referenced by the specified SHA-1 checksum
git clean delete untracked files from your repository
- -n do a dry-run without actually deleting
git revert <sha> undo changes to a commit history by creating a new commit, which is the inverse of <sha>
git reset Undo changes to your repository depending on the options chosen
- --soft <sha> undo commit history back to the specified SHA-1 checksum
- --mixed <sha> undo commit history and staging index back to the specified SHA-1 checksum
- --hard <sha> undo commit history, staging index and file system back to the specified SHA-1 checksum
git clone clone a remote repository
git checkout checkout a new branch
- git checkout -b create and checkout a new branch
git push push your committed changes to the remote repository
- -u origin set the remote repository branch you want to commit to
git pull download changes from remote repository

Git command summary