What is github-cheat-sheet?

The GitHub Cheat Sheet is a curated reference guide that collects dozens of useful, often overlooked features of Git and GitHub in one place. Think of it as a tips-and-tricks handbook: instead of teaching you the basics, it surfaces shortcuts and hidden capabilities that can save you time and make you look like a power user. The guide is organized into two main sections. The first covers things you can do on the GitHub website, like adding ?w=1 to a diff URL to hide whitespace changes, pressing t on a repository page to open a file finder, or typing fixes #12 in a commit message to automatically close an issue. The second section focuses on the Git command-line tool itself, with tricks like listing all merged branches, jumping back to your previous branch, or stripping trailing whitespace from commits. Each tip comes with a brief explanation and, in most cases, a screenshot or code snippet showing exactly what to type and what happens when you do. This is useful for anyone who works with code on GitHub regularly but suspects they are only scratching the surface of what the platform can do. A project manager might use it to learn better ways to filter and search issues. A developer might pick up a keyboard shortcut that makes navigating large repositories faster. A founder managing an open-source project could discover features like contribution guidelines, pull request templates, or branch comparison tools they did not know existed. Even experienced users tend to find at least a few features they had never encountered. The project is essentially a living document, community-maintained and translated into several languages. It does not build into anything or require installation, you just read it on GitHub and bookmark the tips that are relevant to your workflow.