Git commands

Category	Command	Description
Setup	git config --global user.name "Your Name"	Set your Git username
	git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"	Set your Git email
	git config --list	View config settings
Repository Management	git init	Initialize a new Git repository
	git clone <url>	Clone an existing repository
	git remote -v	List configured remote repositories
	git remote add origin <url>	Add a remote repository
Snapshotting	git status	Show the working tree status
	git add <file>	Stage a specific file
	git add .	Stage all changes
	git commit -m "message"	Commit staged changes
	git commit --amend	Edit the last commit
Branching & Merging	git branch	List all branches
	git branch <name>	Create a new branch
	git checkout <branch>	Switch to a branch
	git switch <branch>	Switch to a branch (newer alternative)
	git switch -c <branch>	Create and switch to a new branch
	git merge <branch>	Merge a branch into the current branch
	git rebase <branch>	Rebase current branch onto another
	git rebase -i HEAD~n	Interactively rebase last n commits
	git rebase --abort	Abort a rebase in progress
	git rebase --continue	Continue after fixing conflicts
Remote Operations	git fetch	Fetch changes from remote
	git pull	Fetch and merge from remote
	git push	Push commits to remote
	git push -u origin <branch>	Push and set upstream branch
	git push origin --tags	Push all local tags
Viewing History	git log	Show full commit history
	git log --oneline	Show brief commit history
	git log --graph --oneline --all	Visualize branch history graph
	git show <commit>	Show details of a specific commit
	git diff	Show unstaged changes
	git diff --staged	Show staged changes
	git blame <file>	Show who changed each line last
	git log -S'<text>'	Show commits that added or removed text
Undoing Changes	git restore <file>	Discard changes in working directory
	git restore --staged <file>	Unstage a staged file
	git reset	Unstage all files
	git reset --hard	Discard all changes
	git revert <commit>	Create a new commit that undoes changes
Stashing	git stash	Temporarily save changes
	git stash pop	Reapply and remove latest stash
	git stash apply	Reapply latest stash (without removing)
	git stash list	List all stashes
	git stash drop	Delete the most recent stash
Tagging	git tag	List all tags
	git tag <name>	Create a new tag
	git tag -a <name> -m "msg"	Create annotated tag
	git tag -d <name>	Delete a tag
	git push origin <tag>	Push a tag to remote
Cherry Picking	git cherry-pick <commit>	Apply a specific commit
	git cherry-pick <start>^..<end>	Apply a range of commits
Bisecting	git bisect start	Begin a binary search for a bug
	git bisect bad	Mark current commit as broken
	git bisect good <commit>	Mark known-good commit
	git bisect reset	Stop bisect and reset HEAD
Cleaning	git clean -n	Preview what will be deleted
	git clean -fd	Delete untracked files and folders
Reflog & Recovery	git reflog	Show HEAD history
	git checkout <reflog_id>	Recover a lost commit
Archiving	git archive --format zip --output out.zip HEAD	Export repo as a ZIP without .git
Git Grep	git grep <pattern>	Search tracked files for a pattern
Git Alias	git config --global alias.co checkout	Create a shortcut command
	git config --global alias.lg "log --graph --oneline --all"	Visual log alias
Git Hooks	.git/hooks/pre-commit	Runs before a commit is made
	.git/hooks/post-merge	Runs after a merge
Worktrees	git worktree add ../dir branch	Work on multiple branches at once