Git cheat sheet

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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
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of what is changed but not staged
git diff --staged
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of what is staged but not yet commi
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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
Git is the free and open source distributed version control system that's responsible for everything GitHub 
related that happens locally on your computer. This cheat sheet features the most important and commonly 
used Git commands for easy reference.