Common commands

git add <file>: add the file changes to the commit queue
git add --all: adds all the changed files (removed, too) to the commit queue
git branch: displays a list of checked out branches and which is the active branch
git branch -d <branch>: deletes a local branch
git checkout -b <branch>: creates a new branch and switches to it
git checkout <branch>: switches to a different branch
git checkout <file name>: reverts the file to HEAD, overwriting your change
git checkout -- *: discard all changes in the working directory
git commit -m "<message>": commits the changes, using the specified commit message
git config --list --show-origin: list all Git configuration settings and to which configuration they belong (global, system, local, worktree)
git diff >a.patch: saves the current changes to a patch file called a.patch
git merge <branch>: merges changes from a different branch
git pull "origin" <branch>: pulls the changes to the branch from the remote repo
git push "origin" <branch>: pushes the branch changes to the remote repo
git reset --hard origin/<branch_name>: resets the branch, undoing all local changes. The --hard option changes all the files in your working tree to match the files in origin/branch
git rm <file name>: removes the file
git status: displays the working tree status

Configuring git

git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"