git init

• Use the command "git init" in your working directory to set up git in your working directory.

git add

• Working Directory

• Area where all of your files and directories and changes are living all the time

• Staging Area

• Files and directories that we explicitly add to the staging area

• Git Repository

• Where all our snapshots are stored

• "git status" lists the files that are tracked and not tracked (green for tracked and red for untracked)
• "git add " moves the file from the working directory to the staging area

git commit

• 'git commit -m "Message here"' moves files in the staging area to the git repository
• To see a hisotry of commits, use "git log"

git add files of a certain type

• To add only html files, use the command "git add *.html" but don't include the backslash. This is called a wildcard.

git add all files

• To add all files to the staging area, use the command "git add ."
• To add all files and folders to the staging area, use the command "git add -A"git

git remove files

• To remove files from the staging area, use the command "git reset HEAD "

git ignore files

• Any files listed in the .gitignore will be ignored by git.
• Rename a file with "rm "

git list branches

• To list all the branches in the git repository, use the command "git branch"
• To create a new branch and switch to it, use the command "git checkout -b <branch_name>"

git add a branch

• To switch to a branch, use the command "git checkout <branch_name>"

git merge a branch

• If we like the new features in our new branch and want to merge it with our master branch:

• Switch to the master branch with "git checkout master"
• Merge the new branch with the master branch with 'git merge <new_branch_name> -m ""'

git remove a branch

• Recommended not to delete branches. They don't take up much space and you might need them later on.
• To remove a branch, use the command "git branch -d <branch_name>"