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🌿 Git

Git Cheat Sheet

Practical Git reference for cloning, branching, syncing remotes and recovering from mistakes.

Setup and remotesDaily workflowBranches and mergesRecover and inspect

Setup and remotes

git init
git clone <repo-url>
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git remote -v
git remote add origin <repo-url>
git fetch origin

Daily workflow

git status
git add .
git commit -m "message"
git pull --rebase origin main
git push -u origin main

Branches and merges

git branch
git switch -c feature-name
git switch main
git merge feature-name
git branch -d feature-name
git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all

Recover and inspect

git restore file.txt
git restore --staged file.txt
git reset --soft HEAD~1
git reset --hard HEAD~1
git revert <commit>
git reflog

Stash, rebase and release

git stash push -m "wip"
git stash pop
git rebase main
git cherry-pick <commit>
git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "Release v1.0.0"
git push --tags
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