$ git config --global user.name "[name]"           # Sets the name you want atached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global user.email "[email address]" # Sets the email you want atached to your commit transactions
$ git config --global color.ui auto                # Enables helpful colorization of command line output

$ git init [project-name] # Creates a new local repository with the specified name
$ git clone [url]         # Downloads a project and its entire version history

$ git status                            # Lists all new or modified files to be commited
$ git add [file]                        # Snapshots the file in preparation for versioning
$ git reset [file]                      # Unstages the file, but preserve its contents
$ git diff                              # Shows file differences not yet staged
$ git diff --staged                     # Shows file differences between staging and the last file version
$ git commit -m "[descriptive message]" # Records file snapshots permanently in version history

$ git branch                  # Lists all local branches in the current repository
$ git branch [branch-name]    # Creates a new branch
$ git checkout [branch-name]  # Switches to the specified branch and updates the working directory
$ git merge [branch]          # Combines the specified branch’s history into the current branch
$ git branch -d [branch-name] # Deletes the specified branch

$ git rm [file]                         # Deletes the file from the working directory and stages the deletion
$ git rm --cached [file]                # Removes the file from version control but preserves the file locally
$ git mv [file-original] [file-renamed] # Changes the file name and prepares it for commit

 *.log
 build/
 temp-*
# A text file named .gitignore suppresses accidental versioning of files and paths matching the specified patterns
$ git ls-files --other --ignored --exclude-standard
# Lists all ignored files in this project

$ git stash      # Temporarily stores all modified tracked files
$ git stash pop  # Restores the most recently stashed files
$ git stash list # Lists all stashed changesets
$ git stash drop # Discards the most recently stashed changeset

$ git log                                   # Lists version history for the current branch
$ git log --follow [file]                   # Lists version history for a file, including renames
$ git diff [first-branch]...[second-branch] # Shows content differences between two branches
$ git show [commit]                         # Outputs metadata and content changes of the specified commit

$ git reset [commit]        # Undoes all commits after [commit], preserving changes locally
$ git reset --hard [commit] # Discards all history and changes back to the specified commit

$ git fetch [bookmark]          # Downloads all history from the repository bookmark
$ git merge [bookmark]/[branch] # Combines bookmark’s branch into current local branch
$ git push [alias] [branch]     # Uploads all local branch commits to GitHub
$ git pull                      # Downloads bookmark history and incorporates changes

$ git ls-files -d | xargs git checkout --