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How current are the commands on this cheat sheet?

Last reviewed July 6, 2026. Commands are tested against current stable releases of the underlying tools.

Branching, merging, rebasing, stashing, and the recovery commands that get you out of a bad state without losing work.

git checkout -b feature/xCreate and switch to a new branch

git switch -c feature/xModern equivalent of checkout -b

git merge feature/xMerge a branch into the current branch

git branch -d feature/xDelete a branch that's been merged

git branch -D feature/xForce-delete a branch, merged or not

git branch -vvList branches with their upstream tracking status

git rebase mainReplay current branch's commits on top of main

git rebase -i HEAD~5Interactively squash/reorder/edit the last 5 commits

git cherry-pick <sha>Apply a single commit from another branch

git log --oneline --graph --allCompact visual history of all branches

git blame file.jsShow which commit last changed each line

git restore file.jsDiscard uncommitted changes to a file

git reset --soft HEAD~1Undo last commit, keep changes staged

git reset --hard HEAD~1Undo last commit, discard changes entirely

git revert <sha>Create a new commit that undoes a previous commit (safe on shared history)

git reflogShow every HEAD movement — recovers 'lost' commits after a bad reset

git stashTemporarily shelve uncommitted changes

git stash popReapply and remove the most recent stash

git fetch originDownload remote changes without merging

git pull --rebaseFetch and rebase local commits on top instead of merging

git push -u origin feature/xPush a new branch and set its upstream

DevOps

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