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Git & Linux Cheat Sheets

The document provides a cheat sheet of common Git commands and their purposes. It lists commands for initializing a local Git repository, cloning a remote repository, adding and committing changes, branching, merging, viewing logs and diffs, pushing changes to remote repositories, and more. The cheat sheet acts as a quick reference guide for the basic to advanced commands available in the Git version control system.

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Git & Linux Cheat Sheets

The document provides a cheat sheet of common Git commands and their purposes. It lists commands for initializing a local Git repository, cloning a remote repository, adding and committing changes, branching, merging, viewing logs and diffs, pushing changes to remote repositories, and more. The cheat sheet acts as a quick reference guide for the basic to advanced commands available in the Git version control system.

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Git Cheat Sheet

Command What is the purpose of each?

git config --global user.name “<name>” Set a global username for Git in your local system

git config --global user.email “<emailID>” Set a global email for Git in your local system

git init Initialize a new git repo

git clone <repository_url> Create a working copy of a remote git repo

git add <file_name> Move the changes to the staging area

git commit -m “<message>” Commit the changes to the repo

git push <remote> <branch_name> Push local changes to the remote repo

git branch <branch_name> Create a new branch in the repo

git checkout <branch_name> Switch to a different branch

git checkout -b <branch_name> Create and switch to a new branch

git branch List all branches of the repo

Delete a branch from the repo

-d: delete a branch that has been fully merged into the
git branch -d/-D <branch_name> current branch.

-D: forcefully delete a branch, even if it contains unmerged


changes.

git log View the commit history

git merge <branch_name> Merge changes from one branch to another

git pull <remote> <branch_name> Fetch and merge changes from the remote repo

git fetch Fetch changes from the remote repo

git status Check the state of the repo and the files within

Show differences between the current work and the last


git diff
saved snapshot in the repo
git reset Undo changes in the repo

git revert <commitID> Undo a specific commit by creating a new commit

git remote add <name> <repository_url> Connect the local repo to the remote repo

Displays the list of remote repos associated with local repo,


git remote -v
along with their corresponding URLs

git stash Temporarily save changes without committing

git stash pop Apply & remove the most recent stash changes

git stash apply Apply the most recent stash changes

git cherry-pick <commitID> Apply specific commits from one branch onto another

Remove untracked files and directories from the local


git clean
working directory

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Linux Cheat Sheet
Command What is the purpose of each?

uname Display information about the system's name and details

free Display memory usage and details

df Display disk space usage

du Display space usage by files and directories

Provides real-time information about system processes and


top
resource usage

ps Provides information about currently running processes

kill To stop/terminate a currently running process

ifconfig Display network interface information

nslookup Perform DNS queries

ping For testing network connectivity to a remote host/server

ssh Secure shell to establish a connection to a remote server

pwd Print the present working directory

ls List files and directories

cd To change the present working directory

mkdir To make a new directory

rmdir To remove an empty directory

rm Remove files and directories

cp Copy files and directories

mv Rename or move files and directories

touch Create an empty file

vim/nano Text editors for files


cat To display the contents of a file

head To display the beginning of a file

tail To display the end of a file

find Search for files and directories

grep Search for a specific pattern in a file

chmod To change file permissions

chgrp To change the group owner

chown To change file ownership

usermod To modify user account properties

apt Package Manager for updates & installations

scp Securely copy files between hosts/servers

To view the history of the commands executed on the


history
server/instance

awk Data extracting and processing from files

wc Count characters, words, and lines in a file

wget/curl Download files from the web

shutdown To shut down the system

reboot To reboot the system

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