Git Cheatsheet

April 30, 2019

Sections

Do something

git something

List local branches

git branch

List all branches

git branch -av

Create a branch

git branch <branch_name>

checkout Create a branch

git checkout <branch_name>

Create and checkout a branch

git checkout -b <branch_name>

Delete local branch

git branch -d <branch_name>

Force delete local branch

git branch -D <branch_name>

Delete a remote branch

git push <remote_name> --delete <branch_name> or git push <remote_name> :<branch_name>

git provides 2 types of tags: * lightweight * annotated

Note	Tags are not pushed by default. You have to either push them explicitly or push them all `git push <remote> --tags`

List tags

git tags

Search for specific tags

git tag -l "v1.8.5*"

Useful aliases and tips

If you use dev, test, prod style tags e.g. three-tier-app-prod-1.23 then sort’s `--version-sort is useful.

e.g.

function gt { git tag -l "${1}*${2:-prod}*" | sort --version-sort }

Ignore or deactivate a linter git commit -an or --no-verify