CONFIGURE TOOLING

Command	Description
$ 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

CREATE REPOSITORIES

Command	Description
$ git init [project-name]	Creates a new local repository with the specified name
$ git clone [url]	Downloads a project and its entire version history

MAKE CHANGES

Command	Description
$ git diff	Shows file differences not yet staged
$ git add [file]	Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning
$ git diff --staged	Shows file differences between staging and the last file version
$ git reset [file]	Unstages the file, but preserve its contents
$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]"	Records file snapshots permanently in version history

GROUP CHANGES

Command	Description
$ git branch	Lists all local branches in the current repository
$ git branch [branch-name]	Creates a new branch
$ git checkout [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
$ git branch -d [branch-name]	Deletes the specified branch

REFACTOR FILENAMES

Command	Description
$ git rm [file]	Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion
$ git rm --cached [file]	Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally
$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]	Changes the file name and prepares it for commit

SUPPRESS TRACKING

Command	Description
$ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard	Lists all ignored files in this project

REVIEW HISTORY

Command	Description
$ git log	Lists version history for the current branch
$ git log --follow [file]	Lists version history for a file, including renames
$ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch]	Shows content differences between two branches
$ git show [commit]	Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit

REDO COMMITS

Command	Description
$ git reset [commit]	Undoes all commits after [commit], preserving changes locally
$ git reset --hard [commit]	Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit

SAVE FRAGMENTS

Command	Description
$ git stash	Temporarily stores all modified tracked files
$ git stash pop	Restores the most recently stashed files
$ git stash list	Lists all stashed changesets
$ git stash drop	Discards the most recently stashed changeset

SYNCHRONISE CHANGES

Command	Description
$ git fetch [bookmark]	Downloads all history from the repository bookmark
$ git merge [bookmark]/[branch]	Combines bookmark’s branch into current local branch
$ git push [alias] [branch]	Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub
$ git pull	Downloads bookmark history and incorporates changes