All essential commands for developers - Bookmark or print for quick reference
📦 Repository Basics
git init
Initialize new repository
git clone [url]
Clone existing repository
git remote add origin [url]
Connect local to remote
git remote -v
View connected remotes
git remote remove [name]
Remove a remote
git fetch
Download objects from remote
🌿 Branching
git branch
List all branches
git branch -a
List all branches (including remote)
git checkout -b [branch]
Create & switch branch
git checkout [branch]
Switch to branch
git merge [branch]
Merge branches
git branch -d [branch]
Delete local branch
git push origin --delete [branch]
Delete remote branch
💾 Commits
git add [file]
Stage specific file
git add .
Stage all changes
git commit -m "message"
Commit with message
git commit --amend
Modify last commit
git commit --amend --no-edit
Amend without changing message
git reset HEAD~1
Undo last commit (keep changes)
👥 Collaboration
git push origin [branch]
Push to remote
git push -u origin [branch]
Push and set upstream
git pull
Fetch + merge changes
git pull --rebase
Pull with rebase instead of merge
git stash
Temporarily save changes
git stash pop
Restore stashed changes
git cherry-pick [commit]
Apply specific commit
⏪ Undoing
git reset [file]
Unstage file
git checkout -- [file]
Discard changes
git revert [commit]
Reverse a commit
git reset --hard HEAD
Discard all local changes
git reset --hard [commit]
Reset to specific commit (DANGEROUS)
git clean -fd
Remove untracked files/dirs
🔍 Inspection
git status
Show working tree status
git log --oneline
Compact history
git log --graph --all
Visual history with branches
git diff
Show unstaged changes
git diff --staged
Show staged changes
git blame [file]
See line-by-line changes
git show [commit]
Show changes in commit
🛠️ GitHub CLI
gh repo create
Create new repository
gh pr create
Create pull request
gh issue create
Create new issue
gh repo clone [owner/repo]
Clone repository
gh pr checkout [number]
Checkout pull request
⚡ Advanced
git rebase [branch]
Reapply commits on top of branch
git rebase -i HEAD~3
Interactive rebase (last 3 commits)
git bisect start
Find commit that introduced bug
git filter-branch
Rewrite branch history (DANGEROUS)
git reflog
Show reference logs (for recovery)
