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Git Cheatsheet

Document Control​

  • Created: 23/05/06
  • Last Updated: 23/05/06

Repo Status​

# make sure to change location to the local git repo folder.
# Get git status update, this will tell you the status of commits, if you need to add un-tracked files, or push\pull updates.
git status

Stage files​

# Add untracked file to git for commit (stage the file).
git add 'file name'

Un-stage files​

# To unstage (remove) all files that have not been committed, -f = Force, -d = Directory
git reset -f -d

Commit staged files​

# Commit staged changes to repo.
git commit -m "COMMENT TO DESCRIBE THE INTENTION OF THE COMMIT"

# Stage all changes and commit with comment, -a = all changes, -m = main branch.
git commit -a -m "COMMENT TO DESCRIBE THE INTENTION OF THE COMMIT"

Push changes to remote Repo​


# Push your commited changes to remote repo.
Git push

Un-do recent commit​

# To undo the most recent commit - A Git commit should not be reversed if you already pushed it to the remote repository.
git reset HEAD~1

Merge branch into main\master​

# When you are ready to add your changes to the default branch, you merge the feature branch into it
git checkout 'default-branch'
git merge 'feature-branch'