GIT CHEAT SHEET

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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.

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MAKE CHANGES
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Review edits and craft a commit transaction

List all new or modied les to be committed

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Show le dierences not yet staged

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Snapshot the le in preparation for versioning

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Show le dierences between staging and the last le version

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Unstage the le, but preserve its contents

CONFIGURE TOOLING

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Congure user information for all local repositories

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Record le snapshots permanently in version history

Set the name you want attached to your commit transactions

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GROUP CHANGES
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Name a series of commits and combine completed eorts

Set the email you want attached to your commit transactions

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Enable helpful colorization of command line output

List all local branches in the current repository

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Create a new branch

CREATE REPOSITORIES

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Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL

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Switch to the specied branch and update working directory

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Create a new local repository with the specied name

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Combine the specied branchs history into the current branch

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Download a project and its entire version history

Delete the specied branch

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REFACTOR FILENAMES
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Relocate and remove versioned les

REVIEW HISTORY
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Browse and inspect the evolution of project les

Delete the le from the working directory and stage the deletion
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List version history for the current branch

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Remove from version control but preserve the le locally

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List version history for a le, including renames

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Change the lename and prepare it for commit

Show content dierences between two branches

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SUPRESS TRACKING
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Output metadata and content changes of the specied commit

Exclude temporary les and paths

REDO COMMITS

Erase mistakes and craft replacement history

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Undo all commits after !"#$$%&', preserving changes locally

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List all ignored les in this project

Discard all history and changes back to the specied commit

SAVE FRAGMENTS
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Shelve and restore incomplete changes

SYNCHRONIZE CHANGES
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Register a repository bookmark and exchange version history

Temporarily store all modied tracked les

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Download all history from the repository bookmark

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Restore the most recently stashed les

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Combine bookmarks branch into into current local branch

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List all stashed changesets

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Upload all local branch commits to GitHub

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Discard the most recently stashed changeset

Synchronize bookmark history and incorporate current branch

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