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Configure user information for all local repositories
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```$ git config --global user.name "[name]"```
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Set the name you want attached to your commit transactions
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Sets the name you want attached to your commit transactions
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```$ git config --global user.email "[email address]"```
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Set the email you want attached to your commit transactions
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Sets the email you want attached to your commit transactions
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```$ git config --global color.ui auto```
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Enable helpful colorization of command line output
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Enables helpful colorization of command line output
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## Create repositories
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Start a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL
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Starts a new repository or obtain one from an existing URL
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```$ git init [project-name]```
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Create a new local repository with the specified name
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Creates a new local repository with the specified name
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```$ git clone [url]```
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Download a project and its entire version history
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Downloads a project and its entire version history
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## Make changes
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Review edits and craft a commit transaction
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Reviews edits and craft a commit transaction
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```$ git status```
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List all new or modified files to be committed
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Lists all new or modified files to be committed
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```$ git diff```
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Show file differences not yet staged
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Shows file differences not yet staged
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```$ git add [file]```
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Snapshot the file in preparation for versioning
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Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning
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```$ git diff --staged```
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Show file differences between staging and the last file version
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Shows file differences between staging and the last file version
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```$ git reset [file]```
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Unstage the file, but preserve its contents
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Unstages the file, but preserve its contents
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```$ git commit -m"[descriptive message]"```
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Record file snapshots permanently in version history
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Records file snapshots permanently in version history
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## Group changes
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Name a series of commits and combine completed efforts
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Names a series of commits and combine completed efforts
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```$ git branch```
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List all local branches in the current repository
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Lists all local branches in the current repository
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```$ git branch [branch-name]```
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Create a new branch
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```$ git checkout [branch-name]```
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Switch to the specified branch and update working directory
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```$ git merge [branch-name]```
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Combine the specified branch’s history into the current branch
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Combines the specified branch’s history into the current branch
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```$ git branch -d [branch-name]```
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Delete the specified branch
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Deletes the specified branch
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## Refactor filenames
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```$ git rm [file]```
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Delete the file from the working directory and stage the deletion
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Deletes the file from the working directory and stage the deletion
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```$ git rm --cached [file]```
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Remove from version control but preserve the file locally
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Removes from version control but preserve the file locally
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```$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed]```
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Change the filename and prepare it for commit
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## Supress tracking
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Excludes temporary files and paths
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A text file named `.gitignore` suppresses accidental versioning of files and paths matching the specified patterns
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```$ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard```
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## Save fragments
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Temporarily store all modified tracked files
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```$ git stash pop```
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```$ git stash list```
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List all stashed changesets
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```$ git stash drop```
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Discard the most recently stashed changeset
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## Review history
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Browse and inspect the evolution of project files
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```$ git log```
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List version history for the current branch
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```$ git log --follow [file]```
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List version history for a file, including renames
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```$ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch]```
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```$ git show [commit]```
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Output metadata and content changes of the specified commit
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## Redo commits
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```$ git reset --hard [commit]```
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