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Git Commands Cheat Sheet

Madhav Ganesan on June 18, 2024

Git is a distributed version control system (DVCS) that allows multiple developers to collaborate on a project, tracking changes to files and coord...

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Syed Muhammad Ali Raza • Jun 19 '24

for reset here is 2 commands

git reset --hard HEAD^

git reset --soft HEAD^

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 19 '24

Can you explain the use of these commands?

Syed Muhammad Ali Raza • Jun 19 '24

git reset --hard HEAD^: Moves the current branch to the previous commit, discarding all changes in the working directory and index.
git reset --soft HEAD^: Moves the current branch to the previous commit, keeping changes in the index and working directory.

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 20 '24

Thanks Syed👌

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 20 '24

I have added them in the blog👍

Syed Muhammad Ali Raza • Jun 20 '24

👍

Greg • Jun 27 '24 • Edited

You’ve got your Resets backwards.

Where you say “Soft reset:” you are displaying the git command for HARD.

Where you say “Hard reset:” you are displaying the git command for SOFT.

Should be…

Soft reset:
git reset --soft HEAD^

Hard reset:
git reset --hard HEAD^

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 27 '24

Thanks for pointing out. Changed👍

Andre Luiz • Jun 19 '24

Great post, so much usefull

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 20 '24

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it useful😊

Andre Luiz • Jun 20 '24

You're welcome!!

Julian Gaston • Jun 19 '24

Classic post.

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 20 '24

Thank you Julian🫡

Antonio • Jun 19 '24

Pretty usefull. Thanks for sharing!

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 20 '24

Thank you 😊

qui • Jun 19 '24 • Edited

You said origin but it may another thing.

Madhav Ganesan • Jun 19 '24

Yes, but when we clone a repository, the remote name by default is origin unless we change them explicitly.👍

qui • Jun 19 '24

Yes you're right but I think you should explain it.

Have a good day. :)