This post is mainly a personal reference for [Git][1] CLI commands, which I use more or less frequently. This will be living documentation, that will be updated from time to time.

I mainly work with the command line. For merge conflicts, diffs, and patch selections I prefer VS Code's UI.

## Clone and pull

### Clone a project into a current directory

```bash
git clone <project url> .
```

### Change the remote origin

```bash
git remote set-url <remote_name> <remote_url>
git remote -v
```

Or edit via `.git/config` file.

### Pull and rebase after someone else force pushed into a branch

```bash
git pull origin <branch> --rebase
```

## Set the committer identity

### Globally

```bash
git config --global user.name "Someone"
git config --global user.email "someone@somewhere.com"
```

### Locally for a single repository

```bash
git config user.name "Someone"
git config user.email "someone@somewhere.com"
```

## Branches

### Create a new branch and checkout the branch with a single command

```bash
git checkout -b <branch>
```

### Deleting local and remote branches

__Local__

```bash
git branch -d <branch> # To see if there are unmerged changes
git branch -D <branch>
```

__Remote__

```bash
git push origin --delete <branch>
```

### Rename a local branch

```bash
git checkout <branch>
git branch -m <new-branch-name>
```

## Rebase, amend, and cherry-picking

### Select how many commits you want to rebase

```bash
git rebase -i HEAD~6
```

### Force push rebased changes

```bash
git push origin <branch> --force
```

### Stop for amending

Use the `rebase` command and mark wanted commits by "e", which means that when doing the rebase it will stop for amending.

```bash
git rebase -i HEAD~6
git commit --amend
git rebase --continue
```

### Change the date of the last commit

```bash
git commit --amend --date="now"
```

### Change the committer of the last commit

```bash
git commit --amend --author="Someone <someone@somewhere.com>"
```

### Cherry-pick a commit

```bash
git cherry-pick <commit-hash>
```

## Stash changes and clean up the working directory

### Stash changes (also untracked)

```bash
git stash -u
```

### List all stashes

```
git stash list
```

### Add a stash back to working directory

```
git stash apply stash@{1}
```

## Reflog

### Show Git reflog with dates

```bash
git reflog --date=iso
```

[1]: https://git-scm.com

Git commands reference

This post is mainly a personal reference for Git CLI commands, which I use more or less frequently. This will be living documentation, that will be updated from time to time. I mainly work with the command line. For merge conflicts, diffs, and patch selections I prefer VS Code's UI.

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