Git Cheatsheet

Initial Date: 2025-03-19
Status:🪴Sprout (Work in Progress)

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Basics

To fetch a remote branch from GitHub:

git fetch <remote> <branch>

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How to clone a private repo using your personal access token (GitHub):

git clone https://<token>@github.com/<your account or organization>/<repo>.git

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How to check and update git credentials for any repository:

git config --list

git config user.name "My Name"
git config user.email "myemail@email.com"

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How to delete a folder

rm -rf <folder-name>

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Remotes

How to get the remote URL of a repo.

In this case the remote is called origin, but works with other cases changing the name.

git ls-remote --get-url <origin|remote-name>

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How to obtain more information about the remote repo

git remote show <origin|remote-name>

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How to get a list of all remotes URLs

git remote -v

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How to remove a remote you no longer need

git remote remove <remote-name>

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Commits

How to fix a commit message gone wrong

git commit --amend -m "correct commit message"

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