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Learning Git

Initialize empty git repo : git init
Add file : git add filename.txt
Commit : git commit -m "Some commit message"
Check Status : git status
List of tracked files : git ls-files
Unstage : git reset HEAD filename.txt
Revert to last commit : git checkout -- filename.txt
Rename file using git : git mv filename.txt newfilename.txt
Unstage a rename : git mn newfilename.txt filename.txt
Delete a tracked file : git rm filename.txt
Check commit history : git log
Commit history in oneline and decorated with branching graph : git log --oneline --graph --decorated
Commit history in a range : git log commit_hash_1...commit_hash_2
Commit history some time ago : git log --since="1 hours ago" or git log --since="3 days ago"
Commit history of a specific file : git log -- filename.txt
Create alias : git config --global alias.alias_name "command after git goes here"
Compare staged and unstaged changes : git diff
Compare unstaged change with last commit : git diff HEAD
Compare staged change with last commit : git diff --staged HEAD
Limit diff to a specific file : git diff -- filename
Compare between two commits : git diff commit_id_1 commit_id_2
List all branches : git branch -a
Create a new Branch : git branch my_new_branch_name
Change branch : git checkout branch_name
Change branch name : git branch -m oldName newName
Delete Branch : git branch -d branchName
Create and Change branch simultaneouly : git checkout -b branchName
Merge a branch : git merge branch_name

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