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Essential Git commands for branching, merging, interactive rebasing, stash operations, reflog disaster recovery, and cherry-picking.

Sections:Setup & Config (5)Staging & Committing (6)Branching (5)Merging & Rebasing (4)Remotes & Syncing (5)Undoing Changes (6)Stashing (5)History & Inspection (5)Tags & Releases (4)
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Setup & Config

5 commands
git config --global user.name "<name>"beginner

Set the author name used on your commits

git config --global user.email "<email>"beginner

Set the author email used on your commits

git config --listbeginner

Show all current Git configuration values

git initbeginner

Create a new empty Git repository in the current directory

git clone <url>beginner

Copy a remote repository to your machine

Staging &amp; Committing

6 commands
git statusbeginner

Show the working tree status - staged, unstaged and untracked files

git add <file>beginner

Stage changes for the next commit

git commit -m "<message>"beginner

Record staged changes to the repository history

git diffbeginner

Show changes between working tree and the index

git rm <file>intermediate

Remove a file from the working tree and stage the deletion

git mv <src> <dest>beginner

Move or rename a file and stage the change

Branching

5 commands
git branchbeginner

List all local branches (current marked with *)

git switch <branch>beginner

Switch to an existing branch

git switch -c <branch>beginner

Create a new branch and switch to it

git branch -d <branch>beginner

Delete a branch that has been merged

git branch -m <new-name>intermediate

Rename the current branch

Merging &amp; Rebasing

4 commands
git merge <branch>intermediate

Merge another branch into the current branch

git rebase <branch>advanced

Reapply your commits on top of another branch for a linear history

git rebase -i HEAD~<n>advanced

Interactively rewrite the last n commits

git cherry-pick <commit>advanced

Apply a specific commit from another branch

Remotes &amp; Syncing

5 commands
git remote -vbeginner

List configured remote repositories and their URLs

git remote add <name> <url>beginner

Add a new remote repository

git fetch <remote>intermediate

Download objects and refs without merging

git pullbeginner

Fetch from the remote and merge into the current branch

git pushbeginner

Upload local commits to the remote

Undoing Changes

6 commands
git restore <file>beginner

Discard uncommitted changes in a file

git reset <file>beginner

Unstage a file while keeping its changes

git reset --soft HEAD~1intermediate

Undo the last commit but keep changes staged

git reset --hard <commit>advanced

Reset the branch and working tree to a commit, discarding changes

git revert <commit>intermediate

Create a new commit that undoes a previous commit

git reflogadvanced

Show a log of where HEAD has been - your safety net

Stashing

5 commands
git stashintermediate

Save uncommitted changes and revert to a clean tree

git stash listbeginner

List all stashed change sets

git stash popintermediate

Apply the most recent stash and remove it from the list

git stash applyintermediate

Apply a stash but keep it in the stash list

git stash dropintermediate

Delete a specific stash

History &amp; Inspection

5 commands
git logbeginner

Show the commit history

git show <commit>beginner

Show the details and diff of a specific commit

git blame <file>intermediate

Show who last modified each line of a file

git diff <a>..<b>intermediate

Compare two commits or branches

git bisect startadvanced

Binary-search commit history to find a bug-introducing commit

Tags &amp; Releases

4 commands
git tagbeginner

List all tags

git tag -a <name> -m "<msg>"intermediate

Create an annotated tag for a release

git push <remote> <tag>intermediate

Push a tag to the remote

git tag -d <name>intermediate

Delete a local tag