Git Commands - CMDsheet

Git Common Commands

git --version	Check the git version
git init	To initialize a directory
git remote add origin "https://<path-to-git-repository>"	To add a remote directory to the newly initialized folder
git status	To check if there are any uncommitted changes
git pull master	To pull all the files from the remote repository to the local repository
git add filename OR git add .	To add all or selected uncommitted changes
git commit -m “commit msg”	To commit with uncommitted changes
git push -u “url” master OR git push -u origin master	To push the changes to the master branch on the repo
git clone https://<path-to-git-repository>	To clone a directory from git providers
git clone https://username:password@github.com/username/repository.git	To clone the directory with username/password
git fetch	To fetch the git repository to local

Branches

git branch	To get the current git branch
git branch -r	To list all branches
git checkout -b branch_path	To create to a new branch
git branch -D <local-branch>	To remove branch from local directory
git push origin [name_of_your_new_branch]	To push the newly created branch to origin
git checkout -b branch_path	To create to a new branch
git checkout -b new_branch existing_branch	To create to a branch from an existing branch

Git Global Config

git config --global --list	List all settings in the global Git configuration
git config --global user.name "Your Name"	Set your name in the global Git configuration
git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"	Set your email in the global Git configuration
git config --global core.editor "code --wait"	Set Visual Studio Code as your default editor for Git
git config --global --edit	Open the global configuration file in a text editor for manual editing
git config --global --unset user.name	Remove the user.name setting from the global Git configuration
git config --global --unset-all user.name	Remove all user.name settings from the global Git configuration
git config --global --get user.name	Get the user.name setting from the global Git configuration
git config --global --get-all user.name	Get all user.name settings from the global Git configuration
git config --global --get-regexp user	Get all settings in the global Git configuration that match the regular expression user
git config --global --rename-section user.email user.mail	Rename the section user.email to user.mail in the global Git configuration
git config --global --remove-section user.email	Remove the section user.email from the global Git configuration
git config --global pager.branch false	To disable the displaying output using pager

Git Push

git push <target-remote>	To push local changes to a specific remote repo
git push <target-remote> <source-remote>/<branch>:<branch>	To push code from source repo to target repo

Cloning a Git Repository:

• To pull contents from a repository(github) and upload to another(gitlab):

1. Clone the repository to your local workspace and verify the files are download

   git clone https://github.com/in28minutes/devops-master-class.git
   

2. To clone the directory with username/password:

   git clone https://username@github.com/username/repository.git
   git clone https://username:password@github.com/username/repository.git
   

3. Change the directory to the folder and remove the origin
   • To check the origin

     git remote -v
     

   • To remove the origin

     git remote rm origin
     

4. Add the new repository as origin to the cloned folder and push it to the master branch

   git remote add origin https://gitlab.com/sakharamgit/devops.git
   

5. Push the changes to the destination repository:

   git push origin master