# Git Command Cheatsheet Sheet

A concise reference for **Git** commands.

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# **⚙️ Configure Git**

## **🌍 Global (applies to all repositories)**

```bash
# Set global name
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

# Set global email
git config --global user.email "your@email.com"
```

## **📂 Local (specific to a repository)**

```bash
# Set local name (for this repo only)
git config --local user.name "Your Name"

# Set local email (for this repo only)
git config --local user.email "your@email.com"
```

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# **🏗️ Initialize & Clone**

## **🆕 Initialize a Git repository**

```bash
git init
```

## **📥 Clone a repository**

```bash
# Clone into a new directory
git clone [url]

# Clone into the current directory
git clone [url] .

# Clone into a specific directory
git clone [url] [path-to-clone]
```

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# **📌 Stage & Snapshot**

## **🔎 Check file status**

```bash
git status
```

## **➕ Add files to the staging area**

```bash
# Stage a specific file
git add [file]

# Stage all files
git add .
```

## **➖ Remove files from the staging area**

```bash
# Unstage a specific file
git reset [file]

# Unstage all files
git reset .
```

## **📝 Check file changes**

```bash
# Show unstaged changes
git diff

# Show staged changes
git diff --staged
```

## **💾 Commit changes**

```bash
# Commit with a message
git commit -m "Commit message"

# Commit with title and description
git commit -m "Commit title" -m "Commit description"
```

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# **🌿 Branching**

## **📋 List branches**

```bash
git branch
```

## **🌱 Create a new branch**

```bash
git branch [branch-name]
```

## **🔀 Switch to another branch**

```bash
git checkout [branch-name]
```

## **✏️ Rename the current branch**

```bash
git branch -M [new-branch-name]
```

## **🕒 View commit history**

```bash
git log
```

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# **🔄 Share & Update**

## **🌐 Remote repositories**

```bash
# Add a remote
git remote add [alias] [url]

# List remotes
git remote -v

# Show details of a remote
git remote show [alias]

# Get the URL of a remote
git remote get-url [alias]

# Remove a remote
git remote remove [alias]
```

## **📤 Fetching & pushing**

```bash
# Fetch and merge changes from remote
git pull

# Push and set upstream for the first time
git push -u [alias] [branch]

# Push to a specific remote and branch
git push [alias] [branch]

# Push to the default remote/branch
git push
```

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# **🚫 Ignoring Files**

Create a `.gitignore` file to exclude files/folders from being tracked:

```plaintext
logs/
*.notes
pattern*/
```

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# **📖 References**

* [Complete Git & GitHub Tutorial - by Piyush Garg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSjgkfAeJ0)
    
* [Complete Git and GitHub Tutorial for Beginners - by Piyush Garg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDxQEzXN8AU)
    
* [Complete Git & GitHub Tutorial | Branching And Merging - by Piyush Garg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-rK5yPzVM)