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Git Documentation 📚

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Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Configuration
3. Creating Repositories
4. Basic Commands
5. Branching
6. Merging and Rebasing
7. Stashing
8. Remote Repositories
9. Tags
10. Undoing Changes
11. Miscellaneous
12. Help

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Getting Started 🚀

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Install Git 🛠️

• Windows: Download here
• macOS: Install via Homebrew
  brew install git
  
• Linux:
  sudo apt-get install git
  

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Verify Installation ✅

git --version

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Configuration 🛠️

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Set User Information 👤

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

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Check Configuration 📋

git config --list

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Creating Repositories 📁

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Initialize a Repository 🆕

git init

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Clone a Repository 📥

git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git

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Basic Commands 📝

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Check Status 📊

git status

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Add Changes ➕

git add <file>  # Add a specific file
git add .       # Add all changes

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Commit Changes 💾

git commit -m "Commit message"

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View Commit History 📜

git log

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View Changes (Diff) 🔍

git diff

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Branching 🌿

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Create a New Branch 🆕

git branch <branch-name>

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List Branches 📃

git branch

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Switch Branches 🔀

git checkout <branch-name>

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Create and Switch Branch 🌱

git checkout -b <branch-name>

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Merging and Rebasing 🔄

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Merge Branches 🔀

git merge <branch-name>

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Rebase Branches ↩️

git rebase <branch-name>

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Stashing 💼

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Stash Changes 👜

git stash

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Apply Stashed Changes 🔙

git stash apply

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List Stashes 📃

git stash list

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Remote Repositories 🌍

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Add Remote Repository ➕

git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git

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List Remote Repositories 🌐

git remote -v

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Push to Remote Repository 📤

git push origin <branch-name>

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Pull from Remote Repository 📥

git pull origin <branch-name>

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Tags 🏷️

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Create a Tag 🏷️

git tag <tag-name>

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List Tags 📋

git tag

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Push Tags to Remote 📤

git push origin <tag-name>

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Undoing Changes ↩️

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Unstage Changes ❌

git reset <file>

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Revert Changes to a File 🔄

git checkout -- <file>

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Amend Last Commit ✏️

git commit --amend

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Miscellaneous 🌐

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Show Commit Graph 🌲

git log --graph --oneline --all

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Show Commit History of a File 📝

git log <file>

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Alias Commands 📝

git config --global alias.st status
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.br branch
git config --global alias.ci commit

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Help 🆘

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General Help 📘

git help

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Command-specific Help 📚

git help <command>

This Git documentation should serve as a quick reference guide for essential Git commands and their use cases. Feel free to add or customize it according to your needs. Happy coding! 👩‍💻👨‍💻