Git and GitHub CheatSheet

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What is Git?

Git may be a free and open source conveyed adaptation control framework outlined to handle everything from little to exceptionally expansive ventures with speed and proficiency. Adaptation control framework could be a system that records changes to a record or set of records over time so that you simply can review particular forms afterward. Not at all like a central VCS, a conveyed VCS has both inaccessible and nearby stores. As a result, it does not require the reinforcement.

Installation

  1. Download Git from here

  2. Enter Configuration Values:

     git config --global user.name "firstName lastName"
    

    – your name

     git config --global user.email "example@gmail.com"
    

    – your email

  3. Check Your Settings:

      git config --list
    

Help

To open a manual and display information about Git:

 git help -a

or

 git help --all

– shows a list of all available commands

 git help config

– explains how to use the Git verb, in this case,

config
 git help -g

or

 git help --guide

– shows a list of Git guides

New Repository

To create a New Repository:

 git init

To clone a Remote Repository:

 git clone /Url/
Staging Area

To add / propose changes:

 git add /file/

To add everything:

 git add .

To remove:

 git reset /file/

Commit

To commit changes:

 git diff

– shows the changes made

 git commit -m "Detailed message explaining the nature of changes"

To push changes to remote repository:

 git pull origin master
git push origin master

Workflow

Git project consists of three main sections:

  1. Working Directory

  2. Staging Area / Index

  3. HEAD

Three main states of files:

  1. Committed

  2. Modified

  3. Staged

Branches

A Git branch is a movable pointer to the commits. The default branch is called master.

To create a new branch:

 git checkout -b newBranch

To remove a branch:

 git branch -d newBranch

To go back to master:

 git checkout master

To push to the remote repository:

 git push origin /branch/

To merge a branch to current branch:

 git merge /branch/

Logs

To see the commit that was just made:

 git log

The message, author, email, and other additional information will be displayed.

Git Checkout

 git checkout -- /file/

or

 git fetch origin

– to cancel all the commits implemented locally