git cheatsheet with screenshot - basic - used git for windows

• Distributed version Control system(VCS) or Source control management(SCM)
• Allows collaboration of work between multiple developers
• Keeps signature of who did what and when
• Deals with local as well as remote repo

git init //initialize local git repo - will create .git folder

with no other info given output of the

git status and git show

adding two files to local repo(used touch cmd and vi editor to edit the file)

git status

add file(s) to index/staging area before commit

git add <file>

to unstage the file

git rm --cached <file>

to add all files

git add .

commit changes in index

git commit -m 'comment/message'

create branch

git branch <branch name>
git branch branch1

to change to the branch from master

git checkout <branch name>
git checkout branch1

git branch                 // list branches
git branch -a                   //list all branches
git branch -d <branch name> //delete branch

to merge the branch changes to master(checkedout in master)

git merge -m "message" <branch name>

git show  //shows author, email id and where the head is point(master or branch)
git show-branch

Remote repo

git push //push to remote repo

At the time of copying the github repo URL for cloning, showed following error

NPriya@ODSWER42SH MINGW64 ~/Desktop/rp/webzash/yaap
$ git clone –https://github.com/librelab/yaap.git
Cloning into 'yaap'...
fatal: protocol '–https' is not supported

it was because of pasting it using cntrl + v on the mingw64 terminal which inserts a hidden ^?

use the right click - paste         //to paste the correct URL

git pull //pull latest from remote repo
git clone //clone repo in a new dir

Git configuration

git config --global user.name "<username of your github account>"
git config --global user.name "librelab"
git congig --global user.email yourmail@gmail.com