git cheat.sh

Set the name attached to all your commits globally.

Set the email address associated with your commits.

Set VS Code as the default editor for commit messages and merges.

List all current Git configuration settings and their values.

Create a shortcut alias — e.g. type git st instead of git status.

Set the default branch name for all new repositories to main.

Initialize a new Git repository in the current directory.

Create a new Git repository inside the named folder.

Clone a remote repository into a new local directory.

Clone into a specific folder name instead of the repo name.

Shallow clone — only the latest snapshot, no full history. Faster for large repos.

Show the state of the working tree — staged, unstaged, and untracked files.

Stage a specific file for the next commit.

Stage all changes in the current directory and below.

Interactively stage individual hunks of changes — great for clean, atomic commits.

Show unstaged changes between your working tree and the index.

Show changes that are staged and ready to be committed.

Commit staged changes with an inline message.

Replace the last commit with a new one — useful for fixing typos or adding forgotten files.

Untrack a file without deleting it from disk — ideal for removing accidentally committed files.

List all local branches. The current branch is marked with an asterisk.

Create a new branch without switching to it.

Switch to an existing branch. Modern replacement for git checkout <branch>.

Create a new branch and switch to it immediately.

Delete a branch that has already been merged. Use -D to force-delete unmerged branches.

Merge the specified branch into the current branch.

Merge and always create a merge commit — preserves branch history in the log.

Reapply commits on top of another branch — produces a cleaner, linear history.

Interactive rebase — squash, reorder, or edit the last n commits before pushing.

Apply a specific commit from another branch onto the current branch.

List all configured remotes with their fetch and push URLs.

Connect a new remote repository under a given name (typically origin).

Remove a remote connection by name.

Download all changes from the remote without merging into your working branch.

Fetch and immediately merge remote changes into the current branch.

Fetch and rebase local commits on top of remote changes — avoids unnecessary merge commits.

Push a local branch up to the remote repository.

Safer force-push — only overwrites if no one else has pushed since your last fetch.

Show the full commit history for the current branch.

Compact visual graph of all branches and their commit history.

Filter commits by author and date range.

Display the full diff and metadata of a specific commit.

Show which commit and author last modified each line of a file.

Show the diff between the tips of two branches.

Summary of commit counts per author, sorted by most commits.

Begin a binary search through history to find the commit that introduced a bug.

Discard unstaged changes in a file, restoring it to the last commit state.

Unstage a file without discarding its changes in the working tree.

Undo the last commit but keep changes staged and ready to recommit.

Undo the last commit and unstage changes — files are still modified in the working tree.

⚠️ Permanently discard the last commit and all its changes. Cannot be undone easily.

Create a new commit that undoes a previous commit — safe for shared/public branches.

Temporarily shelve uncommitted changes so you can switch context cleanly.

Re-apply the most recently stashed changes and remove them from the stash list.

View all stashed change sets with their index and description.

List all tags in the repository.

Create a lightweight tag pointing to the current commit.

Create an annotated tag with a message — recommended for release versions.

Push a specific tag to the remote — tags are not pushed automatically.

Push all local tags to the remote at once.