# To set your identify: git config --global user.name "John Doe" git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com # To set your editor: git config --global core.editor emacs # To enable color: git config --global color.ui true # To stage all changes for commit: git add --all # To commit staged changes git commit -m "Your commit message" # To edit previous commit message git commit --amend # To removed staged and working directory changes git reset --hard # To remove untracked files git clean -f -d # To remove untracked and ignored files git clean -f -d -x # To push to the tracked master branch: git push origin master # To push to a specified repository: git push git@github.com:username/project.git # To delete the branch "branch_name" git branch -D branch_name # To see who commited which line in a file git blame filename # To sync a fork with the master repo: git remote add upstream git@github.com:name/repo.git # Set a new repo git remote -v # Confirm new remote repo git fetch upstream # Get branches git branch -va # List local - remote branches git checkout master # Checkout local master branch git checkout -b new_branch # Create and checkout a new branch git merge upstream/master # Merge remote into local repo git show 83fb499 # Show what a commit did. git show 83fb499:path/fo/file.ext # Shows the file as it appeared at 83fb499. git diff branch_1 branch_2 # Check difference between branches git log # Show all the commits git status # Show the changes from last commit