# Git Cheatsheet: From Basics to Time Travel

A collection of essential Git commands, from daily workflows to digging through the depths of your repository's history.

## 🔍 Searching History

### Find when a file existed (even if deleted)

```bash

git log --all -- [path]

```

### Search for content changes (Pickaxe)

Find commits where a specific string was added or removed:

```bash

git log -S "your_search_string"

```

### Search content with Regex

```bash

git log -G "your_regex"

```

### Find a file in any commit/branch

```bash

git rev-list --all | xargs git grep -l "filename"

```

### See the history of a specific function/method

```bash

git log -L :function_name:file_path

```

---

## 🚀 Daily Workflow

### Stage and Commit

```bash

git add .

git commit -m "feat: descriptive message"

```

### Undo last commit (keep changes)

```bash

git reset --soft HEAD~1

```

### Fix the last commit message

```bash

git commit --amend -m "new message"

```

---

## 🌿 Branching & Merging

### Switch to a new branch

```bash

git checkout -b feature/cool-stuff

# or the newer way:

git switch -c feature/cool-stuff

```

### List all branches (including remote)

```bash

git branch -a

```

### Safely delete a branch

```bash

git branch -d branch_name

```

---

## 🛠️ Cleanup & Maintenance

### Discard all local changes

```bash

git reset --hard HEAD

```

### Clean untracked files

```bash

git clean -fd

```

### Stash changes for later

```bash

git stash save "Work in progress"

git stash list

git stash pop

```

---

## 📤 Remote Operations

### Update local with remote and rebase

```bash

git pull --rebase origin main

```

### Prune old remote tracking branches

```bash

git fetch -p

```