Git Commands

Question 1

git config –global user.name “[firstname lastname]”

Answer 1

set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history

Question 2

git config –global user.email “[valid.email]”

Answer 2

set an email address that will be associated with each history marker

Question 3

git config –global color.ui auto

Answer 3

set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing

Question 4

git init

Answer 4

initialize an existing directory as a git repository

Question 5

git clone [url]

Answer 5

retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL

Question 6

git status

Answer 6

show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit

Question 7

git add [file]

Answer 7

add a file as it looks now to you next commit (stage)

Question 8

git reset [file]

Answer 8

unstage a file while retaining the changes in the working directory

Question 9

git diff

Answer 9

diff or what is changed but what is not staged

Question 10

git diff –staged

Answer 10

diff of what is staged but not yet committed

Question 11

git commit -m “[descriptive message]”

Answer 11

commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot

Question 12

git branch

Answer 12

list your branches. a * will appear next to the currently active branch

Question 13

git branch [branch-name]

Answer 13

create a new branch at the current commit

Question 14

git checkout

Answer 14

switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory

Question 15

git merge [branch]

Answer 15

merge the specified branch’s history into the current one

Question 16

git log

Answer 16

show all commits in the current branch’s history

Question 17

git log

Answer 17

show the commit history for the currently active branch

Question 18

git log branchB..branchA

Answer 18

show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB

Question 19

git log –follow [file]

Answer 19

show the commits that changed file, even across renames

Question 20

git diff branchB…branchA

Answer 20

show the diff of what is in branchA that is not in branchB

Question 21

git show [SHA]

Answer 21

show any object in Git in human-readable format

Question 22

git rm [file]

Answer 22

delete the file from project and stage the removal for commit

Question 23

git mv [existing-path] [new-path]

Answer 23

change an existing file path and stage the move

Question 24

git log –stat -M

Answer 24

show all commit logs with indication of any paths that moved

Question 25

logs/.notespattern/

Answer 25

Save a file with desired patterns as .gitignore with either direct stiring matches or wildcard globs

Question 26

git config –global core.excludefile [file]

Answer 26

system wide ignore pattern for all local repositories

Question 27

git remote add [alias] [url]

Answer 27

add a git URL as an alias

Question 28

git fetch [alias]

Answer 28

fetch down all the branches from that Git remote

Question 29

git merge [alias]/[branch]

Answer 29

merge a remote branch to your current branch to bring it up to date

Question 30

git push [alias] [branch]

Answer 30

merge a remote branch into your current branch to bring it up to date

Question 31

git pull

Answer 31

fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch

Question 32

git rebase [branch]

Answer 32

apply any commits of current branch ahead of the specified one

Question 33

git rest –hard [commit]

Answer 33

clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit

Question 34

git stash

Answer 34

save modified and staged changes

Question 35

git stash list

Answer 35

list stack-order of stashed file changes

Question 36

git stash pop

Answer 36

write working from top of stash stack

Question 37

git stash drop

Answer 37

discard changes from the top of stash stack