Git CLI

Git Cheat Sheet

My go to cheat sheet from git-tower

Other Git Commands

Other git commands that I’ve found useful over the years.

Create local tracking branch from remote branch (option a)

git fetch
git checkout <branch>

Create local tracking branch from remote branch (option b)

git checkout --track <remote/branch>

Push and set up remote tracking branch from local branch

git push -u <remote> <branch>

Delete a remote branch

git push --delete <remote> <branch>

Single line git logs

git log --oneline

Remove untracked files (dry run)

git clean -n

Remove untracked files (for real)

git clean -i

Local prune

git prune

Remote prune

git remote prune <remote>

Built-in Git GUI

gitk

Git Tags

List tags

git tag

Add annotated tag

git tag -a <tagname> -m <message>

Push single tag to remote

git push <remote> <tagname>

Push all tags to remote

git push <remote> --tags

Delete local tag

git tag -d <tagname>

Delete remote tag

git push --delete <remote> <tagname>

A blog written by Marty Sanchez, a web developer who lives and works in San Diego.