My personal command reference.

command purpose
cd to repo root
git lfs install
git lfs track <path>/*large*
git add .gitattributes
 add to git large file/ folder storage. Note, the *large* part is not part of the path. For storing large files (>100MB)
esc q! enter quit vi editor in git log or git commit
git add -all Stage all changes:
git add \*.inp Stages certain input file changes:
git branch ... Create a new branch …:
git branch See current branch in list of all branches:
git branch -a Or to also see ‘all’, including remotes too:
git branch -a -vv BRANCH See current branch and remote branches and which associate which track which (very verbose):
git branch --delete ... delete a local branch
git branch -m <old> <new>
git push origin -u <new_name>
git push origin --delete <origin/old>		 rename a branch 1st rename locally. 2nd push new branch. 3rd delete old branch. have to literally create a new branch.
git -C <Path to directory> pull Pull only a given directory
git checkout -b newlocalbranchname origin/branch-name
git checkout -t origin/branch-name		 checkout a remote branch
git cherry-pick … … … add particular commits … … … to the current branch
git clean -f -d delete the untracked files and directories (-r)
git clean -n -r shows untracked files and directories (-r)
git clone --bare …
git worktree add branchname		 add a worktree branch
git clone --branch <branchname> <remote-repo-url> Clone a specific branch of a repo:
git config --global core.autocrlf false git by default replaces all \n with \r\n need to deactivate if working across systems:
git config --global core.editor "notepad" Reconfigure the commit editor software:
git config --global user.name example
`git config –global user.email example@example.com		 Add your user details to be shown on all the commits.
git diff See differences with last commit
git fetch
git branch copy name
git checkout --track origin/feature/strategy-pattern-refactor		 get a local version of a remote branch
git fetch <URL>or
git fetch <shortname>		 Fetch the specific branch (needs shortname or URL or origin) The actual name of the repo isn’t sufficient:
git grep "… search within all files for …
git help ... or
git ... --help		 help on verb
git init Initialise An Empty Git Repository:
git log
exit: q orz		 Show most recent commits:
git merge main Merge the current branch into the main
git pull or
git pull <shortname> <branch>		 Pull
git rebase main Merge the current branch into the main and rebase them. -i shows the list of commits which will be rebased
git remote add <shortname> <url> Create a shorthand name for a repo
git remote add origin URL Connect local repo to a remote (github) repo:
git remote remove origin remove address
git remote -v Show the URL of the Remote that the folder is connected to. Need to be anywhere in the repo folder structure. Now you can use the string <shortname> on the command line in lieu of the whole URL
git reset Unstage all changes
git reset -- ... Un-stage the changes at path …
git reset …^ reset local by 1 commit from its position
git reset --hard f5730d2
git push -f		 reset local and remote to a specific commit
git reset HEAD~# reset local by # commits from current position
git reset --soft ####
git push -f		 squash commits
git restore . discard all unstaged changes in the current directory
git restore <file> Discard the unstaged changes on the file
git restore --staged discard staged changes
git revert … yes, you don’t add the ^. reset local and # commit and allow staging and pushing to remote. rather than going back a commit, it creates a copy of the previous commit as a new commit. always do from head at current position.
git rm ... Untrack files from repo
git rm -rf --cached .
git add .		 remove git-ignored files already in repo from the repo.
git stash apply apply the stashed changes into current branch
git stash apply 487c30aee0e450bd16872755e00fd5729b820830 apply a previously dropped stash by using the hash value
git stash drop delete most recent stash
git stash list list git stash numbers. A stash is not pushed to remote. It is per repository not per branch.
git stash pop apply + drop
git stash save <message> save changes to a stash
git stash show show contents of most recent git stash
git stash show stash@<index> show specific stash
git status Current branch details:
git status See all changes:
git status -sb BRANCH Show upstream branch status (i.e. changes made on remote branch which are not yet pulled)
git switch <name> Change branches:
git switch <name> Change branches:
git worktree add branchname add a new branch to the worktree