• git add myfile.txt –> stage a specific file
• git add -A –> stage all modified files in the current directory and subdirectories
• git add . –> (Note the period) stage all modified files in the current directory but not subdirectories
• git branch –> list existing local branches
• git branch mynewbranch –> create a new branch
• git branch -m oldbranchname newbranchname –> change name of branch
• git branch -D branchname –> delete a local branch (cannot delete a branch you currently have checked out, so switch to different branch first)
• git checkout mybranch –> check out an existing branch
• git checkout -b mynewbranch –> create a new branch and check it out at the same time
• git checkout master –> switch to master branch
• git checkout – docname.tt2 –> resets a file you've changed back to its original state (like an undo / revert changes command)
• git clone git://git.evergreen-ils.org/Evergreen.git –> clones a remote repository
• git commit –> invoke the default text editor to add a commit message
• git commit -m "my commit message" –> add brief commit message instead of opening the text editor to add a commit message
• git commit --amend –> overwrite your last commit message
• git commit --amend --signoff –> view and amend your sign-off branch
• git commit -a –> combine the git add and git commit steps into a single step (does not include newly created files)
• git config --global -l –> list all global configuration values
• git config --global keyname "value" –> create a global value
• git fetch --all –> refresh your local cache from the remote branches (does not download new branches)
• git help –> access the built-in Git help documentation.
• git log --oneline –> list previous commits with their unique ids
• git pull –> imports all updates from your default remote repo to your default local repo (usually, this is equivalent to 'git pull origin master')
• git pull origin master –> import all updates from remote origin repo to local master repo
• git pull --rebase origin master –> rebases (rather than merges) new remote changes to your local repository
• git push working mybranchname –> push changes to the remote working directory
• git push working --delete mybranchname –> delete a remote branch
• git remote -v –> display remote directories
• git reset HEAD myfile.txt –> unstage a file that has already been staged
• git reset --hard –> reset a current branch to its original state
• git rm badfile.txt –> delete a file (if the file is being tracked, be sure to add a commit message indicating the file has been deleted)
• git show --stat –> see what your commit will look like before you push it
• git status –> display status of current branch
• git version –> displays the installed version of Git

If you are in your local working branch and you've pushed up two commits to the remote git repository, you can combine them:

1. Verify that you are in your local branch.
2. Type: git rebase -i origin/master
3. Your text editor will open and should show both of the commits, for example:
   • pick 014e59c579 LP#1839359 Select element on login not accessible
   • pick 9de92lsi9a LP#1839359 Select element on login not accessible
4. Change the word "pick" in the second line to "fixup" then save and close the file
5. Push the commit again, and force it to overwrite the previous commits:
   • git push –force working lp1839359_login_select:user/jdoe/lp1839359_login_select

• cd –> move back to the home folder
• cd foldername –> move from the current folder to a child folder
• cd .. –> move up in the folder hierarchy one level
• clear –> clears your command window giving you a fresh screen to work with
• ls –> list all of the folders and files in the current folder
• ls -l –> lists all of the folders and files in the current folder with additional detail such as last modified timestamp
• mkdir newfoldername –> create a new folder
• notepad++ newdocname.txt –> create a new file and open it in notepad++
• notepad++ docname.txt –> edit an existing file in notepad++
• pwd –> see what folder you are currently in