Change directory

cd /Users/Brad/Desktop/Sites

Instead of typing the full path we can drag the folder on top of our command line

To print the current working directory

pwd

also works on windows

Set username and email globally

git config --global user.name "John"
git config --global user.email "johndoe@gmail.com"

Check if we have set the Git username and email globally

git config --global user.name
git config --global user.email

Set username and email for a single repository

git config user.name "John"
git config user.email "johndoe@gmail.com"

Check if we have set the Git username and email locally (for a single repository)

git config user.name
git config user.email

Saves staged changes to local repository with message

git commit -m 'Initial commit'

Adds all the modified and deleted files to staging area and then saves changes to local repository with message

git commit -a -m 'Initial commit'  /  git commit -am 'Initial commit'

Makes changes to the last commit, adds some files or edits commit message

git commit --amend -m 'Initial commit'

Reverts all changes (from the last commit)

git checkout -- .

Reverts

some.txt

file changes from the last commit (to discard changes in working directory)

git checkout -- some.txt

HEAD will be detached and pointed towards the commit (to go back to master

git checkout master

should be run)

git checkout b4ba3088679ff70b45df2aefc7c0a13d41a2bd76

Reverts all changes (from the specified commit)

git checkout b4ba3088679ff70b45df2aefc7c0a13d41a2bd76 .

Reverts

some.txt

file changes (from the specified commit)

git checkout b4ba3088679ff70b45df2aefc7c0a13d41a2bd76 some.txt

To switch to an existing branch

git checkout another_branch

To switch to a new branch

git checkout -b new_branch

Puts some text into

a.txt

file

echo 'some txt' > a.txt

Adds some text at the bottom of the file

a.txt

file (with new line)

echo 'some txt' >> a.txt

The file will be created, if does not exist

also works on windows

Creates

a.txt

file

touch a.txt

Creates several files

touch .gitignore a.txt b.txt

does not work on windows

Removes all files from staging area (

git reset

defaults to

HEAD

)

git reset  /  git reset HEAD  /  git reset HEAD .

Removes the specified file from staging

git reset HEAD 1.txt

Deletes all commits after the specified commit but does not change source code (keeps files staged)

git reset --soft i4ol54f

Deletes all commits after the specified commit but does not change source code (keeps files unstaged)

git reset i4ol54f  /  git reset --mixed i4ol54f

Deletes all commits after the specified commit and moves HEAD to that commit (this will get rid of changes so we should be careful)

git reset --hard 004caa3

Deletes the last 3 commits

git reset --hard HEAD~3

git reset

defaults to

--mixed

Adds

index.html

to staging area

git add index.html

Adds

any html file

to staging area

git add *.html

Adds several files to staging area

git add index.html another.html index.php

Adds modified and deleted files only

git add -u  /  git add --update

Adds modified and new files only (but not new files without names)

git add *

Adds all the changes - modified, new and deleted files (

-A

is a short handhand notation for

--all

)

git add .  /  git add --all  /  git add -A

Adds all files including files with no names (ignores deleted files)

git add . --no-all  / git add . --ignore-removal

If we want to commit only part of changes of the same file

--patch

or

-p

is used

git add --patch   /   git add -p

Possible answers for the command:

y

stage this hunk for the next commit

n

do not stage this hunk for the next commit

q

quit; do not stage this hunk or any of the remaining hunks

a

stage this hunk and all later hunks in the file

d

do not stage this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file ... The complete list of the possible answers is on the link of the note

The git status lists which files are staged, unstaged, and untracked. Outputs in the short-format

git status -s  /  git status --short

Outputs in an easy-to-parse format for scripts

git status --porcelain

Outputs in the long-format (default)

git status --long

Outputs on one line

git status -z