git-essentials

# Git Essentials Essential Git commands for version control and collaboration. ## Initial Setup ```bash # Configure user git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email "your@email.com" # Initialize repository git init # Clone repository git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git custom-name ``` ## Basic Workflow ### Staging and committing ```bash # Check status git status # Add files to staging git add file.txt git add . git add -A # All changes including deletions # Commit changes git commit -m "Commit message" # Add and commit in one step git commit -am "Message" # Amend last commit git commit --amend -m "New message" git commit --amend --no-edit # Keep message ``` ### Viewing changes ```bash # Show unstaged changes git diff # Show staged changes git diff --staged # Show changes in specific file git diff file.txt # Show changes between commits git diff commit1 commit2 ``` ## Branching & Merging ### Branch management ```bash # List branches git branch git branch -a # Include remote branches # Create branch git branch feature-name # Switch branch git checkout feature-name git switch feature-name # Modern alternative # Create and switch git checkout -b feature-name git switch -c feature-name # Delete branch git branch -d branch-name git branch -D branch-name # Force delete # Rename branch git branch -m old-name new-name ``` ### Merging ```bash # Merge branch into current git merge ...