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Git Commands Introduction

Ephraim Duncan on September 21, 2020

Git is a very powerful, free, open-source and popular version control used worldwide by millions of developers and large companies. It has been and...
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rzeczuchy

Looks like a pretty cool cheat sheet for git newbies :) The only thing you could add maybe is git reset? I think that's the only command I use on a daily basis that's not in here.

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Ephraim Duncan

Thanks. I will add it.

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Kody James Ague

Q: Why is your commit message in brackets and not quotes?

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Ephraim Duncan

As a placeholder not the neccesary commit message

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Kody James Ague

I guess the reason I asked is because if I were uninitiated I would not know any better and may include the [ ] in my message. I definitely wouldn't know to use quotes around the message.

As an introduction to git commands it would be helpful to know the actual syntax of each command.

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Ephraim Duncan

Any example suggestion would help.

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Kody James Ague

Perhaps format it as you did your username for the configuration section? I'm not sure how to change the color in markdown but I'd make the section between quotes that nice orange color you used.
example: git commit -m "Your message goes between the quotes"

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Ephraim Duncan

Thanks. I got confused

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ZDev1Official

Thank you!
I had a lot of problems when I need to use git! :P

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Ephraim Duncan

Welcome😊

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Pratik Singh

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Go to this Site its really AWESOME

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Ephraim Duncan

Thanks, I'll check it out

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Lex

Very cool 😁👍✌️

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Liegeois Jules

really really cool post !! thank <3

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Ephraim Duncan

😊😊