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Cheatsheet: git commands
# remotes - pushing, pulling, and tracking
git fetch # gets remote objects and refs. Needed if new branches were added on the remote.
git remote -v # Lists all remotes
git pull upstream master # Pulls commits from 'upstream' and stores them in the local repository
git push -u origin master # sets ups tracking so that you can 'git push' without extra args
git show :/^Merge # show the last commit whose message matches a regex
# branches - creating, checking out, and merging
git branch # list branches
git branch -a # list branches including remotes
git branch MYBRANCH # Creates a new branch called "MYBRANCH"
git checkout MYBRANCH # Makes MYBRANCH the active branch
git checkout -b MYBRANCH # Shortcut for the last two commands
git branch -d <MYBRANCH> # delete a local branch
git checkout --track origin/<BRANCH_NAME> # create a new local branch with the same name as the remote and set "upstream" configuration
git merge upstream/master # merge the commits from the given branch into the current branch
# tagging
git tag # list available tags
git tag -l v1.4.2.* # search for specific tags
git tag -a v1.4 -m 'version 1.4' # create an annotated tag
git tag -a v1.2 9fceb02 # tag a specific commit (if you forgot)
git show v1.4 # show the tag data of a specific tag
git tag v1.4 # create a lightweight tag
git push --tag # you have to explicitly push tags to remotes
git log --date-order --graph --tags --simplify-by-decoration --pretty=format:'%ai %h %d' # show tags with creation dates
# diff
git diff --word-diff
# reset
git reset <FILE_OR_DIRECTORY> # unstage
git reset --hard HEAD # throw away local modifications and reset to latest of current branch
git reset --hard 0c6de32 # throw away local modifications and reset to specific commit
git clean -f # remove untracked files
git revert HEAD # Make a commit that undoes the last commit. Used to reset a commit that
# already been pushed to a remote.
# create a new repo from a directory in an old repo, preserving history
git clone <old repo>
cd <old repo>
git remote rm origin
git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter <new repo> -- --all
cd <new repo>
curl -u '<username>' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"<new repo>"}'
git remote add origin <new repo>
git push origin master
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Excellent, thanks for posting this!

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