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+author: "Phong Nguyen"
+title: "Git Notes"
+date: "2026-05-30"
+description: "Git Notes"
+tags: ["git"]   #tags search
+FAcategories: ["syntax"]    #The category of the post, similar to tags but usually for broader classification.
+FAseries: ["Themes Guide"]    #indicates that this post is part of a series of related posts
+aliases: ["migrate-from-jekyl"]    #Alternative URLs or paths that can be used to access this post, useful for redirects from old posts or similar content.
+ShowToc: true    # Determines whether to display the Table of Contents (TOC) for the post.
+TocOpen: true    # Controls whether the TOC is expanded when the post is loaded. 
+weight: 10    # The order in which the post appears in a list of posts. Lower numbers make the post appear earlier.
+---
+
+## Git Cheat Sheet
+
+**`<commit>`** can be any Git reference that points to a commit
+
+Local git config: `.git/config`
+(See all possible config options man git-config)
+Global git config: `~/.gitconfig`
+Git ignore file : `.gitignore`
+Local ignore rules (not committed): `.git/info/exclude`
+
+```bash
+# Start a new repo
+$ git init 
+
+# clone an existing repo
+$ git clone <url>
+
+# Add untracked file or unstaged changes
+$ git add <file>
+
+# Add all untracked files and unstaged changes
+$ git add .
+
+### Choose which parts of a file to stage
+$ git add -p
+
+# Delete file
+$ git rm <file>
+
+# Tell Git to forget about a file without deleting it
+$ git rm --cached <file>
+
+# Unstage one file
+git reset <file>
+
+# Unstage everything
+git reset
+
+# Check what you added
+git status
+
+# Make a commit (and open text editor to write message)
+git commit
+
+# Make a commit
+git commit -m 'message'
+
+# Commit all unstaged changes
+git commit -am 'message'
+
+# Make an empty commit for specific purpose
+git commit --allow-empty -m 'message'
+
+# Switch branches
+$ git switch <name> 
+$ git checkout <name>
+
+# Create a new branch from the current branch
+$ git switch -c <new-branch>
+$ git checkout -b <new-branch>
+
+# Create a new branch from another local branch
+$ git switch -c <new-branch> <base-branch>    # prefer
+$ git checkout -b <new-branch> <base-branch>
+
+# Create a new branch from a remote branch
+$ git switch -c <new-branch> origin/<remote-branch>   # prefer
+$ git checkout -b <new-branch> origin/<remote-branch>
+
+# List branches
+$ git branch
+$ git branch -r # remote branches
+
+# Delete a branch
+$ git branch -d <name>
+$ git branch -D <name> # Force
+
+# Diff all staged and unstaged changes
+$ git diff HEAD
+
+# Diff just staged changes
+$ git diff --staged
+
+# Diff just unstaged changes
+$ git diff
+
+# Save to file
+$ git diff >> file
+
+# Compare two refs and list changed files
+git diff --name-only <branch> <commit> > files.txt
+
+# Show diff between a commit and its parent
+git show <commit>
+
+# Diff two commits
+git diff <commit> <commit>
+
+# Diff one file since a commit
+git diff <commit> <file>
+
+# Show a summary of a diff
+git diff <commit> --stat git show <commit> --stat
+
+# Discard unstaged changes in one file
+git restore <file>
+git checkout -- <file>
+
+# Discard all changes (staged and unstaged) in one file
+git restore --staged --worktree <file>
+git checkout HEAD -- <file>
+
+# Delete all staged and unstaged changes
+git reset --hard
+
+# Force Delete untracked files/director
+git clean -fd
+
+# 'Stash' all staged and unstaged changes
+git stash
+
+# "Undo" the most recent commit
+git reset HEAD^
+
+# Squash the last 5 commits into one
+git rebase -i HEAD~6
+
+# Open the log history
+git reflog
+git reflog BRANCHNAME
+
+# Move current branch back to <commit>
+git reset --hard <commit>
+
+# Recreate the branch using hash
+git checkout -b <new-branch> <commit>
+
+# Change a commit message / add a file
+git commit --amend
+
+# Show commit history
+git log main
+
+# Show compact commit history
+git log --oneline main
+
+# Show commit history as a branch graph
+git log --graph main
+
+# Show a compact graph of all branches
+git log --oneline --graph --all --decorate
+
+# Show every commit that modified a file
+git log <file>
+
+# Show every commit that modified a file, including before it was renamed
+git log --follow <file>
+
+# Find every commit that added or removed some text
+git log -G "<text>"
+
+# Show who last changed each line of a file
+git blame <file>
+
+# Cherry pick to copy one commit onto the current branch
+git cherry-pick <commit>
+
+# Replace the current version of a file with the version from another commit    
+git restore --source <commit> <file>
+
+# Add a Remote
+git remote add <name> <url>
+
+# Push the main branch to the remote origin
+git push origin main
+
+# Push the current branch to its remote "tracking branch"
+git push
+
+# Push a branch that you've never pushed before
+git push -u origin <name>
+
+# Force push
+git push --force-with-lease # the remote has not changed 
+git push --force
+
+# Create a tag
+$ git tag <tag>
+$ git tag -a <tag> -m "<des>"
+
+# Push tags
+$ git push origin <tag>
+$ git push --tags
+
+# Fetch changes
+git fetch origin main
+
+# Fetch changes and then rebase your current branch
+git pull --rebase
+
+# Set a config option
+git config user.name <user_name>
+git config user.email <user_email>
+
+# Set option globally
+git config --global ...
+
+# Mark a repository as safe (useful with Docker, WSL, shared folders, etc.)
+$ git config --global --add safe.directory <path>
+
+# Initialize and update submodules
+git submodule update --init
+
+# Run a single Git command without SSL certificate verification
+git -c http.sslVerify=false <git-command>
+
+# Set upstream branch
+git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/<branch_name>
+
+# Copy a file from another branch without switching branches
+git checkout <branch> -- <file>
+```
+
+---
+TBD