SETUP

• Set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history

  git config --global user.name “[firstnamelastname]”

• Set an email address that will be associated with each history marker

  git config --global user.email “[valid email]”

MOST COMMONLY USED GIT COMMANDS

• Initialization of git

  git init

• Add a file as it's ready for your next commit (stage)

  git add <file>

• Add all files as they are ready for your next commit (stage)

  git add .

• Show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit

  git status

• Commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot

  git commit -m “[descriptive message]”

• Display the entire commit history using the default format.

  git log

• Difference of what is changed but not staged

  git diff

Pushing an existing repository to GitHub

• git remote add origin https://github.com/example/test3.git

• git branch -M main

• git push -u origin main

Cloning a repository

• git clone https://github.com/example/test2.git

• git fetch

• git merge origin/main