Newbie Git Cheatsheet

Here are a couple of git commands for you new gits 😉

Branches

Create new branch

git branch NewBranchName

Checkout to newly  created branch

git checkout NewBranchName

Create new branch AND checkout to it

git checkout -b NewBranchName

Adding Changes

Add single file

git add fileName.txt

Add multiple files individually

git add fileName1.txt fileName2.php

Add all files

git add .

Commiting changes

First initial commit

git commit -m "We have just commited something"

Amending the initial commit

git commit --amend

Amending the initial commit with a new message

git commit --amend -m "We have amended our last commit"

Stashing things

Stashing your work

git stash

Un-stashing your work

git stash pop

Word of warning: Stashing is not local to your branch, but global to your project, so be careful!

Undoing things

Unmodifying a modified file

git checkout -- fileName.txt

Word of warning: you can’t reverse this command, so double check the files before you discard your changes!