Basic Commands Cheatsheet

Setup & Init

Command	Action
git init	Initialize a new repository
git clone <url>	Clone a remote repository
git clone --depth 1 <url>	Shallow clone (latest only)
git config --global user.name "Name"	Set your name
git config --global user.email "email"	Set your email
git config --list	View all configuration

Daily Workflow

Command	Action
git status	Show working directory state
git status -s	Short format status
git add <file>	Stage a specific file
git add .	Stage all changes
git add -p	Interactive staging (per hunk)
git commit -m "msg"	Commit with message
git commit -am "msg"	Stage tracked + commit
git commit --amend	Modify last commit

Viewing Changes

Command	Action
git diff	Unstaged changes
git diff --staged	Staged changes (vs last commit)
git diff HEAD	All changes (vs last commit)
git diff branch1..branch2	Compare two branches
git diff --stat	Summary of changes

History

Command	Action
git log	Full commit history
git log --oneline	One line per commit
git log --oneline --graph --all	Visual branch graph
git log -n 5	Last 5 commits
git log --author="name"	Filter by author
git log --since="2 weeks ago"	Filter by date
git log -- <file>	History of a specific file
git show <hash>	Show a specific commit
git blame <file>	Who changed each line

Undoing

Command	Action
git restore <file>	Discard unstaged changes
git restore --staged <file>	Unstage a file
git reset --soft HEAD~1	Undo commit, keep staged
git reset HEAD~1	Undo commit, keep unstaged
git reset --hard HEAD~1	Undo commit, delete changes
git revert <hash>	Create undo commit (safe)
git reflog	View HEAD history (recovery)

Stash

Command	Action
git stash	Save uncommitted changes
git stash push -m "msg"	Save with description
git stash list	List all stashes
git stash pop	Restore and remove latest stash
git stash apply	Restore (keep in stack)
git stash drop	Delete latest stash

Clean

Command	Action
git clean -n	Preview files to remove
git clean -f	Remove untracked files
git clean -fd	Remove untracked files + directories