Git Commands

Git Branch Commands

git branch - Display a list of the local branches in your Git repository.
git branch -a - Display a list of both local branches and remote branches in your Git repository.
git branch -c - Copy a Git branch.
git branch -d <branch-name> - Delete a local Git branch. This command will not work if the branch you are attempting to delete has unmerged changes.
git branch -D <branch-name> - Delete a local Git branch with unmerged changes.
git branch -m <branch-name> <new-branch-name> - Rename a Git branch.
git branch -r - Display a list of the remote branches in your Git repository.
git push <remote> --delete <remote-branch-name> - Delete a remote Git branch.
git push --set-upstream <remote> <branch> - Set an upstream branch. Running this command will push your local branch to the new remote branch.

git checkout <branch-name> - Switch to a different Git branch.
git checkout -b <branch-name> - Create a new branch and switch to it.
git checkout -b <branch-name><remote-name>/<branch-name> - Create a local branch from the remote Git branch and checkout that branch.
git checkout <commit hash> - Checkout a previous Git commit.
git checkout <tag name> - Checkout a Git tag in a detached HEAD state.
git checkout -b <branch-name><tag-name> - Checkout a Git tag as a branch.

git cherry-pick [insert commit reference] - Apply a commit’s changes onto a different branch.

git clone <repository-url> - Clone a specified remote repository. See Git-SCM’s best practices for remote URL format.
git clone <repository-url> <directory-name> - Clone a repository and name the local directory.
git clone <repository-url> --origin <name> - Clone a repository and name the remote (<name>). If you do not wish to name the remote, Git will provide the default name origin.
git clone <repository-url> --branch <branch-name> - Clone a repository and checkout the specific branch.
git clone <repository-url> --depth <depth> - Clone a repository with a specified number of commits (<depth>).
git clone <repository-url> --no-tags - Clone a repository without copying the repo’s tags.

git status - Display a list of files in your staging directory with accompanying file status.
git add - Stage file changes. Running this command with an associated file name will stage the file changes to your staging directory.
git commit - Save changes to your Git repository. Running this command with an associated file name will save the file changes to your repo.
git commit -a - Add all modified and deleted files in your working directory to the current commit.
git commit --amend - Amend a Git commit. Edit a Git commit message by adding a message in quotation marks after the command.
git commit -m - Add a Git commit message. Add your message in quotation marks following the command.

git merge - Combine two or more development histories together. Used in combination with fetch, this will combine the fetched history from a remote branch into the currently checked out local branch.
git merge <branch-name> - Merge changes from one branch into the branch you currently have checked out.
git merge --abort - Aborts the merge process and restores the project’s state to before the merge was attempted. This works as a failsafe when a conflict occurs.
git merge --continue - Attempt to complete a merge that was stopped due to file conflicts after resolving the merge conflict.
git merge --squash - Combine all changes from the branch being merged into a single commit rather than preserving them as individual commits.
git merge --no-commit - Combine branch into the current branch, but do not make a new commit.
git merge --no-ff - Creates a merge commit instead of attempting a fast-forward.

git rebase <target branch name> - Rebase your currently checked out branch onto a target branch. This rewrites a commit(s) from the source branch and applies it on the top of the target branch.
git rebase --continue - Proceed with a Git rebase after you have resolved a conflict between files.
git rebase --skip - Skip an action that results in a conflict to proceed with a Git rebase.
git rebase --abort - Cancel a Git rebase. Your branch will be back in the state it was before you started the rebase.
git rebase <target branch name> -i - Initiate interactive rebase from your currently checked out branch onto a target branch.

git stash - Create a stash with local modifications and revert back to the head commit.
git stash list - Display a list of all stashes in your repository.
git stash show - View the content of your most recent stash. This will show your stashed changes as a diff between the stashed content and the commit from back when the stash was created.
git stash drop <stash> - Remove a stash from the list of stashes in your repository.
git stash pop <stash> - Apply a stash to the top of the current working tree and remove it from your list of stashes.
git stash apply <stash> - Apply a stash on top of the current working tree. The stash will not be removed from your list of stashes.
git stash clear - Remove all stashes from your repository.