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GIT CHEAT SHEET
STAGE & SNAPSHOT
Working with snapshots and the Git staging area git status show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit git add [file] add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage) git reset [file] unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory git diff diff of what is changed but not staged git diff --staged diff of what is staged but not yet committed git commit -m “[descriptive message]” commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot SETUP Configuring user information used across all local repositories git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]” set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history git config --global user.email “[valid-email]” set an email address that will be associated with each history marker git config --global color.ui auto set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing SETUP & INIT Configuring user information, initializing and cloning repositories git init initialize an existing directory as a Git repository git clone [url] retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL BRANCH & MERGE Isolating work in branches, changing context, and integrating changes git branch list your branches. a * will appear next to the currently active branch git branch [branch-name] create a new branch at the current commit git checkout switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory git merge [branch] merge the specified branch’s history into the current one git log show all commits in the current branch’s history