Git Config Cheat Sheet

$ git config --global user.name <name>

Define the author name to be used for all commits by the current user.
 

$ git config --global user.email<email>

Define the author email to be used for all commits by the current user.
 

$ git config --global alias. <alias-name> <git-command>

Create shortcut for a Git command. E.g. alias.glog log --graph --oneline will set git glog equivalent to git log --graph --oneline.
 

$ git config --system core.editor <editor> 

Set text editor used by commands for all users on the machine. arg should be the command that launches the desired editor (e.g., vi).
 

$ git config --global --edit

Git Log Cheat Sheet

$ git log -<limit>

Limit number of commits by . E.g. git log -5 will limit to 5 commits.
 

$ git log --oneline

Condense each commit to a single line.
 

$ git log -p

Display the full diff of each commit.
 

$ git log --stat

Include which files were altered and the relative number of lines that were added or deleted from each of them.
 

$ git log --author= "<pattern>"

Search for commits by a particular author.
 

$ git log --grep="<pattern>"

Search for commits with a commit message that matches .
 

$ git log <since>..<until>

Show commits that occur between and . Args can be a commit ID, branch name, HEAD, or any other kind of revision reference.
 

$ git log -- <file>

Only display commits that have the specified file.
 

$ git log --graph --decorate

--graph flag draws a text based graph of commits on left side of commit msgs. --decorate adds names of branches or tags of commits shown.

Remote Repositories Cheat Sheet

$ git remote add <name> <url>

Create a new connection to a remote repo. After adding a remote, you can use as a shortcut for in other commands.
 

$ git fetch <remote> <branch>

Fetches a specific , from the repo. Leave off to fetch all remote refs.
 

$ git pull <remote>

Fetch the specified remote’s copy of current branch and immediately merge it into the local copy.
 

$ git push <remote> <branch>

Push the branch to , along with necessary commits and objects. Creates named branch in the remote repo if it doesn’t exist.