#set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history
$ git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]"
#set an email address that will be associated with each history marker
$ git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”
#initialize an existing directory as a Git repository
$ git init
#retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL
$ git clone [url]
#show the commit history for the currently active branch
$ git log
#show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB
$ git log branchB..branchA
#show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB
$ git diff branchB...branchA
# list your branches. a * will appear next to the currently active branch
$ git branch
#create a new branch at the current commit
$ git branch [branch-name]
#switch to another branch
$ git checkout
#merge the specified branch’s history into the current one
$ git merge [branch]
#Shows the status of file either staged or not
$ git status
#add a file so that it can be added to staged area in next commit, if we pass dot (.) as file name then all all files in present directory will be a
$ git add [file]
#unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory
$ git reset [file]
#difference of what is changed but not staged
$ git diff
#diff of what is staged but not yet commited
$ git diff --staged
#add a git URL as an alias
$ git remote add [alias] [url]
#fetch down all the branches from that Git remote
$ git fetch [alias]
#Push local branch commits to the remote repository branch
$ git push [alias] [branch]
#fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch
$ git pull
#delete the file from project and stage the removal for commit
$ git rm [file]
#change an existing file path and stage the move
$ git mv [existing-path] [new-path]
#show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved
$ git log --stat -M
#apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one
$ git rebase [branch]
#clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit
$ git reset --hard [commit]
#save modified and staged changes
$ git stash
#list stack-order of stashed file changes
$ git stash list
$ git commit -m "empty commit" --allow-empty
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