Commonly used Git Commands
Command
Description
git add -a
Stage all changes
git add .
Stage new files and modifications, without deletions
git add -u
Stage modifications and deletions, without new files
git branch
List all local branches
git branch -a
List all local and remote branches
git branch <branch-name>
Create local branch <branch-name>
git branch -d <branch-name>
Delete local branch <branch-name>
git branch -m <old-branch> <new-branch>
Rename <old-branch> to <new-branch>
git checkout <branch-name>
Switch to branch <branch-name>
git checkout -b <branch-name>
Create local branch <branch-name> and switch to it
git checkout -- <branch-name>
Discard changes to <branch-name>
git commit -m <msg>
Move files from staging area to the local repository with the given message
git commit -a -m <msg>
Add modified files and commit them to the local repository
git commit --amend
Modify a previous commit
git log
View information about previous commits
git merge <branch-name>
Merge <branch-name> into current branch
git merge --squash <branch-name>
Merge <branch-name> into current branch and squash all <branch-name> commits into one commit
git remote -v
Show URLs of remote repositories
git reset [file-name]
Remove [file-name] from staging area
git reset --soft HEAD^
Undo the last commit in the current branch
git revert hash
Undo the given commit and
git rm --cached [file-name]
Remove [file-name] from the staging area
git status
Displays state of the working directory and the staging area
git remote add upstream https://github.com/ORIGINAL_OWNER/ORIGINAL_REPOSITORY.git
git fetch upstream
git checkout master
git merge upstream/master
To reset a local master branch to the upstream git checkout master
git pull upstream master
git reset --hard upstream/master
git push origin master --force
