Introduction

Git is a version-control platform. It keep track of file/project changes, and controls changes from different contributors.

This blog only covers a summary of the commands. See full documentation here.

Summary

Command	Description
git init	initializes directory as a git repository
git add [filename]	stages a file for the next commit
git add .	stage all changed files for the next commit
git restore [filename]	restore a file from staging
git rm --cached [filename]	remove a file from staging
git status	displays git status which includes the branch name you're working on, the list of changes, and stages ready for commit
git commit -m "[message]"	commit changes with a message describing the changes made
git checkout -b [branch name]	creates and shifts to a new branch simultaneously
git checkout [branch name]	switch to an existing branch
git config --global user.name=[username]	configures your local respository
git config --global user.email=[email]	configures your local respository
git remote add [reference] [github repo]	adds or reference a remote repository
git push [reference] [branch name]	push all commits to the referenced remote repository of the specified branch name
git push -u [reference] [branch name]	-u remembers the referenced remote repository and branch name, so that next time the command can be shorted to git push only
git pull [reference] [branch name]	pulls from the referenced remote repository into your local branch

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