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 your next commit (stage

Question 8

git reset [file]

Answer 8

unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory

Question 9

git diff

Answer 9

diff of what is changed but not staged

Question 10

git diff –staged

Answer 10

diff of what is staged but not yet commited

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 branchB..branchA

Answer 17

show the commits on branchA that are not on branchB

Question 18

git log –follow [file]

Answer 18

show the commits that changed file, even across renames

Question 19

git diff branchB…branchA

Answer 19

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

Question 20

git show [SHA]

Answer 20

show any object in Git in human-readable format

Question 21

git remote add [alias] [url]

Answer 21

add a git URL as an alias

Question 22

git fetch [alias]

Answer 22

fetch down all the branches from that Git remote

Question 23

git merge [alias]/[branch]

Answer 23

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

Question 24

git push [alias] [branch]

Answer 24

Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch

Question 25

git pull

Answer 25

fetch and merge any commits from the tracking remote branch

Question 26

git rebase [branch]

Answer 26

apply any commits of current branch ahead of specified one

Question 27

git reset –hard [commit]

Answer 27

clear staging area, rewrite working tree from specified commit

Question 28

logs/
.notes
pattern/

Answer 28

Save a file with desired paterns as .gitignore with either direct string
matches or wildcard globs.

Question 29

git config –global core.excludesfile [file]

Answer 29

system wide ignore patern for all local repositories

Question 30

git stash

Answer 30

Save modified and staged changes

Question 31

git stash list

Answer 31

list stack-order of stashed file changes

Question 32

git stash pop

Answer 32

write working from top of stash stack

Question 33

git stash drop

Answer 33

discard the changes from top of stash stack