# Git Command Cheat Sheet - Undo, Branch, Rebase, Stash

> Free Git cheat sheet: 60+ commands grouped by what you want to do — undo, branch, rebase, remotes, history, stash, cleanup — with copy and danger warnings.

- URL: https://qilingtools.com/en/git-commands
- Category: Developer Tools (https://qilingtools.com/en/dev)
- Tags: [Developer](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/dev), [DevOps](https://qilingtools.com/en/tags/devops)
- Last updated: 2026-10-26
- Price: Free, no sign-up
- Privacy: Runs locally in the browser; files are never uploaded

Git is hard not because there are many commands but because the thing you want rarely matches the command name: to undo the last commit, is it reset, revert or restore? So this sheet is grouped by situation — undo and recovery, everyday commits, branches and rebase, remotes, investigating history, stashing, cleanup, configuration. Each entry says what it does and whether it throws work away.

## How to use

1. Search by situation (undo, force push) or by command (rebase)
2. Browse by group — start with undo and recovery
3. Click a command to copy it, then replace anything in angle brackets

## Features

- 60+ commands grouped by use rather than alphabetically
- Destructive commands flagged in red so you know what disappears
- Uses the modern forms: switch and restore instead of the overloaded checkout
- Pushes --force-with-lease over --force, and reflog as the universal undo

## FAQ

### Which command actually undoes a commit?

Not pushed yet: git reset --soft HEAD~1 keeps the changes staged. Already pushed and others may have pulled: git revert <commit> adds an inverse commit without rewriting history. Just want to drop a file's changes: git restore <file>.

### I reset away a commit — can I get it back?

Almost always. git reflog lists every move of HEAD (kept for 90 days); find the SHA and run git reset --hard <sha> or git switch -c rescue <sha>. The objects are still there unless you ran git gc --prune=now.

### Merge or rebase?

Merge into shared branches to keep the real history; rebase your own feature branch onto the trunk for a linear story. One rule: never rebase commits other people have already pulled.

### What is the difference between --force and --force-with-lease?

--force overwrites the remote branch unconditionally, so a colleague's fresh commits vanish. --force-with-lease first checks the remote is still where you last saw it and refuses otherwise. Make the second one your habit.

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