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Git command git init

Where every repository starts

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Git command git clone

A full copy, history and all

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Git command git config

Telling Git who you are

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Git command git status

Reading the three lists

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Git command git add

The pause between editing and committing

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Git command git commit

Taking the snapshot

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Git command git commit -a

Skipping the git add step

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Git command git rm

Removing a file from the repository and the disk

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Git command git rm --cached

Stop tracking a file, keep it on disk

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Git command git mv

How Git renames a file

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Git command git clean

Deleting the files Git has never heard of

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Git command git clean -fd

Untracked folders go too

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Git command git clean -n

The preview before the delete

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Git command git log

Reading history backwards

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Git command git show

Open any object Git has stored

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Git command git blame

Which commit last touched this line

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Git command git bisect

Binary search for the commit that broke it

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Git command git diff

What changed, and compared to what

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Git command git branch

A name pointing at a commit

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Git command git switch

Change branches, nothing else

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Git command git switch -c

A new branch from where you are

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Git command git branch -m

A new name, the same commits

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Git command git branch -d

Git checks before it deletes

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Git command git branch -D

Deleting a branch Git would rather keep

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Git command git switch --detach

Detached HEAD, on purpose

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Git command git checkout

The Swiss army knife that moves HEAD

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Git command git checkout -b

Branch and switch in one move

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Git command git checkout <commit>

Stepping off your branch into detached HEAD

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Git command git merge

How two branches become one

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Git command Fast-forward merges

When merging just moves a label

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Git command git merge --no-ff

The merge commit you asked for

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Git command git merge --squash

A whole branch as one staged change

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Git command git merge --continue

Finishing the merge you fixed

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Git command git merge --abort

Backing out of a conflicted merge

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Git command git rebase

Your commits, replayed

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Git command git rebase -i

Editing history with a to-do list

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Git command git rebase --onto

Moving only part of a branch

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Git command git rebase --continue

Picking up where the conflict stopped you

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Git command git rebase --skip

Leaving the conflicting commit behind

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Git command git rebase --abort

Back to where the rebase started

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Git command git cherry-pick

Apply one commit's change to another branch

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Git command git cherry-pick --abort

Calling off a pick that conflicted

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Git command git cherry-pick --continue

Finishing a pick that conflicted

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Git command git cherry-pick A..B

Applying a run of commits

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Git command git remote add

A nickname for another repository

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Git command git fetch

The safe half of git pull

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Git command git fetch --prune

Clearing out remote branches that are gone

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Git command git pull

Fetch, then merge, in one command

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Git command git pull --rebase

Your commits on top, no merge commit

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Git command git push

Sending your commits up

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Git command git push -u

Publishing a new branch

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Git command git push --force-with-lease

The force push with a seatbelt

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Git command git push --force

Rewriting history other people have

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Git command git push --delete

Removing a branch from the remote

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Git command git tag

A name that never moves

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Git command git tag -d

Removing a tag, here and on the remote

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Git command git push --tags

Sending your tags to the remote

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Git command git stash

A drawer for half-finished work

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Git command git stash -u

Stashing the new files too

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Git command git stash list

Reading the shelf

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Git command git stash pop

Getting the drawer back out

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Git command git stash apply

Restore the changes, keep the entry

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Git command git stash drop

Throwing one stash away

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Git command git restore --staged

Unstage, keep the edits

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Git command git restore

Throwing away edits on purpose

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Git command git commit --amend

Fixing the last commit in place

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Git command git reset HEAD file

Unstaging one file

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Git command git reset --soft

Uncommit without touching a file

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Git command git reset

The default that keeps your edits

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Git command git reset --hard

The one that actually deletes

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Git command git revert

Undo by adding, not deleting

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Git command git revert -m 1

Undoing a whole merge

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Git command git reflog

Git's black box recorder

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Git command git worktree add

Two branches checked out at once

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Git command git worktree remove

Putting the second directory away

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