Configure Your Environment (done once, applies globally)
git config --global user.name "Your Name" sets your global usernamegit config --global user.email "[email protected]" sets your global email
Initialize or Clone a Project
git init initializes a new Git repository in the current foldergit clone <repository-url> clones a remote repository locally
Check Status & History
git status shows changed or untracked filesgit log displays commit historygit log --oneline --graph --all provides a condensed branch graph (handy for visualization)
Create & Switch Branches
git branch <branch-name> creates a new branchgit checkout <branch-name> switches to an existing branchgit checkout -b <branch-name> creates and switches to a new branchgit branch -d <branch-name> deletes a local branch
Commit Your Changes
git add <file> or git add . stages changes (a single file or all)git commit -m "Message" commits staged changes with a descriptiongit commit --amend -m "New message" updates the last commit (message or content)