# Git Cheatsheet

This is a quick reference for common Git commands.

## Configuration
- `git config --global user.name "Your Name"`: Set your username
- `git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"`: Set your email
- `git config --list`: View configuration

## Creating Repositories
- `git init`: Initialize a new Git repository in the current directory
- `git clone <repository-url>`: Clone an existing repository

## Basic Snapshotting
- `git status`: Show the working tree status
- `git add <file>`: Add a file to the staging area
- `git add .`: Add all changes in the current directory to the staging area
- `git commit -m "commit message"`: Commit staged changes with a message
- `git commit -a -m "commit message"`: Commit all tracked changes with a message (skips staging)

## Branching and Merging
- `git branch`: List all branches
- `git branch <branch-name>`: Create a new branch
- `git checkout <branch-name>`: Switch to a branch
- `git checkout -b <branch-name>`: Create and switch to a new branch
- `git merge <branch-name>`: Merge a branch into the current branch
- `git branch -d <branch-name>`: Delete a branch

## Remote Repositories
- `git remote add <name> <url>`: Add a remote repository (e.g., origin)
- `git push <remote> <branch>`: Push changes to a remote branch
- `git pull <remote> <branch>`: Pull changes from a remote branch
- `git fetch`: Fetch changes from remote without merging

## Inspection and Comparison
- `git log`: Show commit history
- `git log --oneline`: Show commit history in one line per commit
- `git diff`: Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.
- `git show <commit>`: Show details of a commit

## Undoing Changes
- `git reset --hard`: Reset to the last commit, discarding changes
- `git revert <commit>`: Create a new commit that undoes a previous commit
- `git checkout -- <file>`: Discard changes in a file

## Stashing
- `git stash`: Stash changes in a dirty working directory
- `git stash apply`: Apply stashed changes
- `git stash list`: List stashed changes

For more details, refer to the official Git documentation: https://git-scm.com/docs