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Git & GitHub Commands for DevOps

This document is a cheat sheet for Git and GitHub commands specifically tailored for DevOps engineers. It covers essential commands for basic setup, repository management, staging and committing changes, branching and merging, pushing and pulling from GitHub, undoing changes, collaboration workflows, and advanced automation tasks. The commands are organized into categories for easy reference.

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Git & GitHub Commands for DevOps

This document is a cheat sheet for Git and GitHub commands specifically tailored for DevOps engineers. It covers essential commands for basic setup, repository management, staging and committing changes, branching and merging, pushing and pulling from GitHub, undoing changes, collaboration workflows, and advanced automation tasks. The commands are organized into categories for easy reference.

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Git & GitHub Commands Cheat Sheet for DevOps

Engineers

Basic Git Setup

• git config --global [Link] "Your Name" - Set global username


• git config --global [Link] "your@[Link]" - Set global email
• git config --list - Verify configuration

Repository Setup

• git init - Initialize a new repo


• git clone - Clone a repo from GitHub
• git remote add origin - Add a remote origin
• git remote -v - View remote repos

Staging & Committing

• git status - Check file status


• git add - Stage file
• git add . - Stage all files
• git commit -m "message" - Commit staged changes
• git log - View commit history
• git diff - Show unstaged changes
• git diff --staged - Show staged changes

Branching & Merging

• git branch - List branches


• git branch - Create new branch
• git checkout - Switch to branch
• git checkout -b - Create + switch
• git merge - Merge branch into current
• git branch -d - Delete branch
• git log --oneline --graph --all - Visualize branches

Pushing & Pulling (GitHub)

• git push origin - Push branch to GitHub


• git push -u origin - Push and set upstream
• git pull origin - Pull latest changes
• git fetch - Download changes without merging
• git pull - Fetch + merge

Undo & Fix


• git restore - Discard unstaged changes
• git reset - Unstage file
• git reset --hard HEAD - Reset working dir to last commit
• git checkout - Switch to old commit
• git revert - Undo commit by creating new one

Collaboration & PR Workflow

• git fetch origin - Fetch remote branches


• git checkout -b feature-x origin/feature-x - Work on remote branch
• git rebase main - Rebase with main branch
• git stash - Save changes temporarily
• git stash pop - Apply stashed changes

Advanced (Useful for DevOps Automation)

• git tag - Create tag (release versions)


• git show - Show tag details
• git push origin - Push a tag to GitHub
• git push origin --tags - Push all tags
• git cherry-pick - Apply specific commit
• git clean -fd - Remove untracked files
• git reflog - Show history of all actions

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