Hello everyone! 👋

Here’s a comprehensive Git Cheat Sheet to help you manage your code versioning and collaboration more effectively. Whether you’re just starting out or need a quick reference, this guide is here to assist.

Let’s dive in!

🔗 Core Concepts

• Git: Distributed version control system for tracking changes in source code.

📦 Git Commands and Concepts

• git init: Initializes a new Git repository.

  git init

• git clone: Clones an existing repository.

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

• git add: Stages changes for commit.

  git add file.txt
  git add .

• git commit: Commits staged changes to the repository.

  git commit -m "Commit message"

• git status: Shows the status of changes.

  git status

• git log: Displays commit history.

  git log

• git diff: Shows differences between changes.

  git diff

• git branch: Lists, creates, or deletes branches.

  git branch
  git branch new-branch
  git branch -d old-branch

• git checkout: Switches branches or restores working directory files.

  git checkout branch-name
  git checkout -b new-branch

• git merge: Merges changes from one branch into another.

  git merge branch-name

• git pull: Fetches and merges changes from a remote repository.

  git pull origin main

• git push: Pushes local commits to a remote repository.

  git push origin branch-name

• git remote: Manages remote repositories.

  git remote -v
  git remote add origin https://github.com/username/repository.git
  git remote remove origin

• git fetch: Retrieves updates from a remote repository without merging.

  git fetch origin

• git rebase: Reapplies commits on top of another base tip.

  git rebase branch-name

• git reset: Resets current HEAD to a specified state.

  git reset --hard HEAD~1
  git reset --soft HEAD~1

• git stash: Stashes changes in a dirty working directory.

  git stash
  git stash pop

• git tag: Tags specific commits with a label.

  git tag v1.0
  git tag -a v1.0 -m "Version 1.0"

• git cherry-pick: Applies changes from specific commits.

  git cherry-pick commit-hash

• git revert: Creates a new commit that undoes changes from a previous commit.

  git revert commit-hash

• git config: Configures Git settings.

  git config --global user.name "Your Name"
  git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"

• git log --graph: Visualizes the commit history as a graph.

  git log --graph --oneline

• git blame: Shows who last modified each line of a file.

  git blame file.txt

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