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Install

GitHub Desktop

desktop.github.com

Git for All Platforms

git-scm.com

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

Branches
Branches are an important part of working with Git. Any commits you make will be made on the
branch you’re currently “checked out” to. Use git status to see which branch that is.

$ git branch [branch-name]

Creates a new branch

$ git switch -c [branch-name]

Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory

$ git merge [branch]


Combines the specified branch’s history into the current branch. This is usually done in pull
requests, but is an important Git operation.

$ git branch -d [branch-name]

Deletes the specified branch

Create repositories
A new repository can either be created locally, or an existing repository can be cloned. When a
repository was initialized locally, you have to push it to GitHub afterwards.

$ git init

The git init command turns an existing directory into a new Git repository inside the folder you
are running this command. After using the git init command, link the local repository to an
empty GitHub repository using the following command:

$ git remote add origin [url]

Specifies the remote repository for your local repository. The url points to a repository on
GitHub.

$ git clone [url]

Clone (download) a repository that already exists on GitHub, including all of the files, branches,
and commits

The .gitignore file


Sometimes it may be a good idea to exclude files from being tracked with Git. This is typically
done in a special file named .gitignore . You can find helpful templates for .gitignore files at
github.com/github/gitignore.

Synchronize changes
Synchronize your local repository with the remote repository on GitHub.com

$ git fetch

Downloads all history from the remote tracking branches

$ git merge
Combines remote tracking branches into current local branch

$ git push

Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub

$ git pull

Updates your current local working branch with all new commits from the corresponding remote
branch on GitHub. git pull is a combination of git fetch and git merge

Make changes
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, beyond renames (works only for a single file)

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

Shows content differences between two branches

$ git show [commit]

Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit

$ git add [file]

Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning

$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"

Records file snapshots permanently in version history

Redo commits
Erase mistakes and craft replacement history

$ git reset [commit]

Undoes all commits after [commit] preserving changes locally


Undoes all commits after [commit] , preserving changes locally

$ git reset --hard [commit]

Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit

CAUTION! Changing history can have nasty side effects. If you need to change commits that
exist on GitHub (the remote), proceed with caution. If you need help, reach out at
github.community or contact support.

Glossary
git: an open source, distributed version-control system
GitHub: a platform for hosting and collaborating on Git repositories
commit: a Git object, a snapshot of your entire repository compressed into a SHA
branch: a lightweight movable pointer to a commit
clone: a local version of a repository, including all commits and branches
remote: a common repository on GitHub that all team members use to exchange their
changes
fork: a copy of a repository on GitHub owned by a different user
pull request: a place to compare and discuss the differences introduced on a branch with
reviews, comments, integrated tests, and more
HEAD: representing your current working directory, the HEAD pointer can be moved to
different branches, tags, or commits when using git switch

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