git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p | --paginate | -P | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>] <command> [<args>]
clone Clone a repository into a new directory
init Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one
add | Add file contents to the index
mv | Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
restore | Restore working tree files
rm | Remove files from the working tree and from the index
sparse-checkout | Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout
bisect | Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug
diff | Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
grep | Print lines matching a pattern
log | Show commit logs
show | Show various types of objects
status | Show the working tree status
branch | List, create, or delete branches
commit | Record changes to the repository
merge | Join two or more development histories together
rebase | Reapply commits on top of another base tip
reset | Reset current HEAD to the specified state
switch | Switch branches
tag | Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG
fetch | Download objects and refs from another
pull | Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local
push | Update remote refs along with associated objects
git help -a and git help -g | list available subcommands and some concept guides.
git help <command> or git help <concept> | to read about a specific subcommand or concept.
git help git | for an overview of the system.
attributes | Defining attributes per path
cli | Git command-line interface and conventions
core-tutorial | A Git core tutorial for developers
cvs-migration | Git for CVS users
diffcore | Tweaking diff output
everyday | A useful minimum set of commands for Everyday Git
faq | Frequently asked questions about using Git
glossary | A Git Glossary
hooks | Hooks used by Git
ignore | Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore
modules | Defining submodule properties
namespaces | Git namespaces
repository-layout | Git Repository Layout
revisions | Specifying revisions and ranges for Git
submodules | Mounting one repository inside another
tutorial | A tutorial introduction to Git
tutorial-2 | A tutorial introduction to Git: part two
workflows | An overview of recommended workflows with Git
git help -a and git help -g | list available subcommands and some concept guides.
git help <command> or git help <concept> | to read about a specific subcommand or concept.
git help git | for an overview of the system.
git help <command> | to read about a specific subcommand
Main Porcelain Commands
add | Add file contents to the index
am | Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
archive | Create an archive of files from a named tree
bisect | Use binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug
branch | List, create, or delete branches
bundle | Move objects and refs by archive
checkout | Switch branches or restore working tree files
cherry-pick | Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits
citool | Graphical alternative to git-commit
clean | Remove untracked files from the working tree
clone | Clone a repository into a new directory
commit | Record changes to the repository
describe | Give an object a human readable name based on an available ref
diff | Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
fetch | Download objects and refs from another repository
format-patch | Prepare patches for e-mail submission
gc | Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
gitk | The Git repository browser
grep | Print lines matching a pattern
gui | A portable graphical interface to Git
init | Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one
log | Show commit logs
merge | Join two or more development histories together
mv | Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
notes | Add or inspect object notes
pull | Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch
push | Update remote refs along with associated objects
range-diff | Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch)
rebase | Reapply commits on top of another base tip
reset | Reset current HEAD to the specified state
restore | Restore working tree files
revert | Revert some existing commits
rm | Remove files from the working tree and from the index
shortlog | Summarize git log output
show | Show various types of objects
sparse-checkout | Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout
stash | Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away
status | Show the working tree status
submodule | Initialize, update or inspect submodules
switch | Switch branches
tag | Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG
worktree | Manage multiple working trees
Ancillary Commands / Manipulators
config | Get and set repository or global options
fast-export | Git data exporter
fast-import | Backend for fast Git data importers
filter-branch | Rewrite branches
mergetool | Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
pack-refs | Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access
prune | Prune all unreachable objects from the object database
reflog | Manage reflog information
remote | Manage set of tracked repositories
repack | Pack unpacked objects in a repository
replace | Create, list, delete refs to replace objects
Ancillary Commands / Interrogators
annotate | Annotate file lines with commit information
blame | Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file
bugreport | Collect information for user to file a bug report
count-objects | Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption
difftool | Show changes using common diff tools
fsck | Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database
gitweb | Git web interface (web frontend to Git repositories)
help | Display help information about Git
instaweb | Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb
merge-tree | Show three-way merge without touching index
rerere | Reuse recorded resolution of conflicted merges
show-branch | Show branches and their commits
verify-commit | Check the GPG signature of commits
verify-tag | Check the GPG signature of tags
whatchanged | Show logs with difference each commit introduces
Interacting with Others
archimport | Import a GNU Arch repository into Git
cvsexportcommit | Export a single commit to a CVS checkout
cvsimport | Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate
cvsserver | A CVS server emulator for Git
imap-send | Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
p4 | Import from and submit to Perforce repositories
quiltimport | Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch
request-pull | Generates a summary of pending changes
send-email | Send a collection of patches as emails
svn | Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git
Low-level Commands / Manipulators
apply | Apply a patch to files and/or to the index
checkout-index | Copy files from the index to the working tree
commit-graph | Write and verify Git commit-graph files
commit-tree | Create a new commit object
hash-object | Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
index-pack | Build pack index file for an existing packed archive
merge-file | Run a three-way file merge
merge-index | Run a merge for files needing merging
mktag | Creates a tag object
mktree | Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text
multi-pack-index | Write and verify multi-pack-indexes
pack-objects | Create a packed archive of objects
prune-packed | Remove extra objects that are already in pack files
read-tree | Reads tree information into the index
symbolic-ref | Read, modify and delete symbolic refs
unpack-objects | Unpack objects from a packed archive
update-index | Register file contents in the working tree to the index
update-ref | Update the object name stored in a ref safely
write-tree | Create a tree object from the current index
Low-level Commands / Interrogators
cat-file | Provide content or type and size information for repository objects
cherry | Find commits yet to be applied to upstream
diff-files | Compares files in the working tree and the index
diff-index | Compare a tree to the working tree or index
diff-tree | Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects
for-each-ref | Output information on each ref
get-tar-commit-id | Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-archive
ls-files | Show information about files in the index and the working tree
ls-remote | List references in a remote repository
ls-tree | List the contents of a tree object
merge-base | Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge
name-rev | Find symbolic names for given revs
pack-redundant | Find redundant pack files
rev-list | Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
rev-parse | Pick out and massage parameters
show-index | Show packed archive index
show-ref | List references in a local repository
unpack-file | Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents
var | Show a Git logical variable
verify-pack | Validate packed Git archive files
Low-level Commands / Syncing Repositories
daemon | A really simple server for Git repositories
fetch-pack | Receive missing objects from another repository
http-backend | Server side implementation of Git over HTTP
send-pack | Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
update-server-info | Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers
Low-level Commands / Internal Helpers
check-attr | Display gitattributes information
check-ignore | Debug gitignore / exclude files
check-mailmap | Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts
check-ref-format | Ensures that a reference name is well formed
column | Display data in columns
credential | Retrieve and store user credentials
credential-cache | Helper to temporarily store passwords in memory
credential-store | Helper to store credentials on disk
fmt-merge-msg | Produce a merge commit message
interpret-trailers | Add or parse structured information in commit messages
mailinfo | Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message
mailsplit | Simple UNIX mbox splitter program
merge-one-file | The standard helper program to use with git-merge-index
patch-id | Compute unique ID for a patch
sh-i18n | Git's i18n setup code for shell scripts
sh-setup | Common Git shell script setup code
stripspace | Remove unnecessary whitespace