Git

• Source: https://education.github.com/git-cheat-sheet-education.pdf

Setup

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

Initialisation

git init	initialize an existing directory as a Git repository
git clone [url]	retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL
git config --global color.ui auto	set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing

Stage & Snapshot

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

Branch & Merge

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