Git Spiekbriefje

Set user name

git config --global user.name "Sam"

Set email

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Show all config

git config --list

Initialize a new repository

git init my-project

Clone a remote repository

git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git

Working directory status

git status

Compare changes

git diff HEAD~1

Add to staging

git add . / git add file.txt

Create a commit

git commit -m "feat: new feature"

Amend the last commit

git commit --amend -m "updated message"

Temporarily stash changes

git stash / git stash pop

List branches

git branch -a

Create a new branch

git branch feature/login

Switch branch

git checkout main

Create and switch

git checkout -b feature/login

Merge a branch

git merge feature/login

Delete a branch

git branch -d feature/login

Force-delete a branch

git branch -D feature/login

List remotes

git remote -v

Fetch remote changes

git fetch origin

Fetch and merge

git pull origin main

Push to remote

git push origin main

Force push

git push --force origin main

Discard file changes

git restore file.txt

Unstage a file

git reset HEAD file.txt

Revert a commit (new commit)

git revert abc123

Undo last commit (keep changes)

git reset --soft HEAD~1

Delete last commit (discard changes)

git reset --hard HEAD~1

Commit history

git log --oneline --graph

One-line history

git log --oneline -10

Commit details

git show abc123

Per-line author

git blame file.txt

HEAD history (for recovery)

git reflog