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    This document provides a summary of commonly used Git commands for version control activities like making changes to a repository, configuring user settings, creating repositories, grouping changes into branches, synchronizing changes between local and remote repositories, refactoring filenames, saving and restoring incomplete changes, reviewing commit history, and suppressing file tracking. It is intended as a quick cheat sheet reference for basic Git commands.

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    This document provides a summary of commonly used Git commands for version control activities like making changes to a repository, configuring user settings, creating repositories, grouping changes into branches, synchronizing changes between local and remote repositories, refactoring filenames, saving and restoring incomplete changes, reviewing commit history, and suppressing file tracking. It is intended as a quick cheat sheet reference for basic Git commands.

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    This document provides a summary of commonly used Git commands for version control activities like making changes to a repository, configuring user settings, creating repositories, grouping changes into branches, synchronizing changes between local and remote repositories, refactoring filenames, saving and restoring incomplete changes, reviewing commit history, and suppressing file tracking. It is intended as a quick cheat sheet reference for basic Git commands.

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    GIT CHEAT SHEET

    MAKE CHANGES

    Review edits and craft a commit transaction


    $ git status

    Lists all new or modified files to be committed


    $ git add [file]

    Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning


    $ git reset [file]

    Unstages the file, but preserve its contents


    $ git dif

    Shows file differences not yet staged


    $ git dif --staged

    Shows file differences between staging and the last file version
    $ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"

    Records file snapshots permanently in version history

    CONFIGURE TOOLING

    Configure user information for all local repositories


    $ git config --global user.name "[name]"

    Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions


    $ git config --global user.email "[email address]"

    Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions


    $ git config --global color.ui auto

    Enables helpful colorization of command line output

    CREATE REPOSITORIES

    Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL


    $ git init [project-name]

    Creates a new local repository with the specified name


    $ git clone [url]

    Downloads a project and its entire version history

    GROUP CHANGES

    Name a series of commits and combine completed efforts


    $ git branch

    Lists all local branches in the current repository


    $ git branch [branch-name]

    Creates a new branch


    $ git checkout [branch-name]

    Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory


    $ git merge [branch]

    Combines the specified branchs history into the current branch


    $ git branch -d [branch-name]

    Deletes the specified branch

    Git is the open source distributed version control system that facilitates
    GitHub activities on your laptop or
    desktop. This cheat sheet summarizes commonly used Git command line
    instructions for quick reference.
    INSTALL GIT

    GitHub provides desktop clients that include a graphical user


    interface for the most common repository actions and an automatically
    updating command line edition of Git for advanced scenarios.
    GitHub for Windows
    https://windows.github.com
    GitHub for Mac
    https://mac.github.com
    Git distributions for Linux and POSIX systems are available on the
    official Git SCM web site.
    Git for All Platforms
    http://git-scm.com
    V 1.1.1

    [email protected]

    training.github.com
    Learn more about using GitHub and Git. Email the Training Team or visit
    our web site for learning event schedules and private class availability.

    GIT CHEAT SHEET


    SYNCHRONIZE CHANGES

    Register a repository bookmark and exchange version history


    $ git fetch [bookmark]

    Downloads all history from the repository bookmark


    $ git merge [bookmark]/[branch]

    Combines bookmarks branch into current local branch


    $ git push [alias] [branch]

    Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub


    $ git pull

    Downloads bookmark history and incorporates changes

    REFACTOR FILENAMES

    Relocate and remove versioned files


    $ git rm [file]

    Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion
    $ git rm --cached [file]

    Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally
    $ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]

    Changes the file name and prepares it for commit

    SAVE FRAGMENTS

    Shelve and restore incomplete changes


    $ git stash

    Temporarily stores all modified tracked files


    $ git stash list

    Lists all stashed changesets


    $ git stash pop

    Restores the most recently stashed files


    $ git stash drop

    Discards the most recently stashed changeset

    REDO COMMITS

    Erase mistakes and craft replacement history


    $ git reset [commit]

    Undoes all commits after

    [commit],

    preserving changes locally

    $ git reset --hard [commit]

    Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit

    REVIEW HISTORY

    Browse and inspect the evolution of project files


    $ git log

    Lists version history for the current branch


    $ git log --follow [file]

    Lists version history for a file, including renames


    $ git dif [first-branch]...[second-branch]

    Shows content differences between two branches


    $ git show [commit]

    Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit

    SUPPRESS TRACKING

    Exclude temporary files and paths


    $ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard

    Lists all ignored files in this project


    *.log
    build/
    temp-*

    A text file named .gitignore suppresses accidental versioning of


    files and paths matching the specified patterns

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