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Git commands Flashcards

1
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Stage file README.txt for commit

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git add README.txt

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2
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Commit all staged files

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git commit

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3
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Commit all staged files with the message “Message”

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git commit -m “Message”

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4
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Commit all files

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git commit -a

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5
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Commit all files with the message “Message”

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git commit -a -m “Message”

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6
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Set your name to “Name”

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git config –global user.name “Name”

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7
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Set your email to Name@mail.com

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git config –global user.email Name@mail.com

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8
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Initialize a new repository in the current directory

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git init

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9
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Show the commit history of the current repository

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git log

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10
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Show all unstaged changes to the repository

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git diff

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11
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Show all staged changes to the repository

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git diff –staged

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12
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Show all unstaged changes to the file README.txt

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git diff README.txt

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Show all staged changes to the file README.txt

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git diff –staged README.txt

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14
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Stage all files for commit

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git add –all

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15
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Get the status of all files in the current directory (which are tracked, changed, staged etc.)

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git status

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16
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Commit the files README.txt and LICENSE.txt

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git commit README.txt LICENSE.txt

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17
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Commit all .txt files in the project

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git commit “*.txt”

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18
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Stage all .txt files in the current directory for commit

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git add *.txt

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19
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Stage the directory src/ for commit

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git add src/

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20
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Unstage README.txt

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git reset HEAD README.txt

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21
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Undo the last commit and move all changed files back to staging

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git reset –soft HEAD^

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22
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Completely undo the last 2 commits

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git reset –hard HEAD^^

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23
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Add all staged changes to the last commit with the message “Message”

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git commit –amend -m “Message”

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24
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Link the current repository to the remote repository https://github.com/Name/test.git and refer to it as origin

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git remote add origin https://github.com/Name/test.git

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25
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Show all remote repositories

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git remote -v

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26
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Push the main branch to the remote repository known as origin

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git push origin main

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27
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Pull from the remote repository known as origin

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git pull origin

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28
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Remove the remote known as origin

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git remote rm origin

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29
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Clone the remote repository https://github.com/Name/test.git into the current directory

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git clone https://github.com/Name/test.git

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30
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Clone the remote repository https://github.com/Name/test.git into the current directory under the name Name

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git clone https://github.com/Name/test.git Name

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31
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Create a new branch called name

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git branch name

32
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Change to the branch called name

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git checkout name

33
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Merge the branch called name into the current branch

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git merge name

34
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Remove the branch called name

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git branch -d name

35
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Create a new branch called name and change to it

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git checkout -b name

36
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Show all the existing branches and highlight the current one

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git branch

37
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Show all remote branches

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git branch -r

38
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Show all remote branches of remote repository origin in relation to the local branches

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git remote show origin

39
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Delete the branch name of the remote repository origin

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git push origin :name

40
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Delete the branch name even if it isn’t fully merged

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git branch -D name

41
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Remove all stale branches of the remote repository origin

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git remote prune origin

42
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Push the local branch name to the branch main of the remote repository called origin

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git push origin name:main

43
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Show all tags

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git tag

44
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Change to tag v1.0

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git checkout v.1.0

45
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Add a new tag called v1.1 with the description “Message”

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git tag -a v1.1 -m “Message”

46
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Push all local tags to the remote repository called origin

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git push –tags origin

47
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Get all changes from the remote repository without merging

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git fetch

48
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Synchronize all fetched commits with local commits

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git rebase

49
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Apply all commits from branch main to the current branch

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git rebase main

50
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Continue synchronizing two branches, after having fixed a conflict

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git rebase –continue

51
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While synchronizing two branches, skip a commit causing a conflict

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git rebase –skip

52
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Cancel an active synchronization of two branches, after running into a conflict

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git rebase –abort

53
Q

Enable colorization of git output

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git config –global color.ui true

54
Q

Show commit history, with every commit only taking up a single line

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git log –pretty=oneline

55
Q

The placeholder for the author date

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%ad

56
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The placeholder for the author name

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%an

57
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The placeholder for the SHA hash

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%h

58
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The placeholder for the subject

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%s

59
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The placeholder for the ref names

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%d

60
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Show the commit history every commit being formatted with “%h %ad- %s [%an]”

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git log –pretty=format:”%h %ad- %s [%an]”

61
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Show the commit history with all the changes made

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git log -p

62
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Show the commit history with all the changes made and all the commit descriptions only taking up a singe line

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git log –oneline -p

63
Q

Show the commit history showing additional stats

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git log –stat

64
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Show the commit history showing the branch/merge graph

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git log –graph

65
Q

Show the commit history starting a week ago

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git log –since=1.week.ago

66
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Show the commit history until 2 hours ago

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git log –until=2.hour.ago

67
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Show the commit history between 1 year ago and 4 months ago

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git log –since=1.year.ago –until=4.month.ago

68
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Show the commit history between January 2015 March 2016

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git log –since=2015-01-01 –until=2016-03-01

69
Q

Show the difference between 5 commits ago and 2 commits ago

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git diff Head~5..Head^^

70
Q

Compare the branch main with the branch name

A

git diff main name

71
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Compare the repository during July 2021 with the repository 1 year ago

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git diff –since=2021-07-01 –until=1.year.ago

72
Q

Show all the changes made to README.html together with some of their commit information

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git blame README.txt

73
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Stop tracking the file README.txt

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git rm –cached README.txt

74
Q

Use vim as your editor for messages

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git config –global core.editor vim

75
Q

Show all configurations

A

git config –list

76
Q

Show which email is set for this repository

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git config user.email

77
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Save the command “log –pretty=format: ‘%h %s [%an]’ –graph” as mylog

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git config –global alias.mylog “log –pretty=format: ‘%h %s [%an]’ –graph”

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