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+# git-cheatsheet
+
+A cheatsheet of Git commands.
+
+- [cd, ls](#navigate)
+- [git init, git config](#git-setup)
+- [editor](#git-editor)
+- [git remote](#remote-branch)
+- [git add, git commit](#add-and-commit)
+- [delete local and remote branch](#delete-local-and-remote-branch)
+
+## navigate
+
+* navigate to a particular folder
+```bash
+cd "<path>"
+```
+* navigate up a folder
+```bash
+cd ..
+```
+* navigate to your home folder
+```bash
+cd
+```
+* list items in current folder
+```bash
+ls
+```
+* check git status
+```bash
+git status
+```
+* check git log
+```bash
+git log                # too verbose
+git log --oneline      # condenses to a single line
+git log --oneline -n 5 # prints only the last 5 commits
+```
+
+## git setup
+
+* initialize a git repository
+```bash
+cd "<desired-path>"
+git init
+```
+* check global and local git settings
+```bash
+git config --global -l
+git config --local -l
+```
+* configure global git settings (cd anywhere)
+```bash
+git config --global user.name "<full-name>"
+git config --global user.email "<email>"
+git config --global core.editor "nano -w"
+```
+* configure local git settings
+```bash
+cd "<desired-path-for-local-settings>"
+git config --local user.name "<local-full-name>"
+git config --local user.email "<local-email>"
+```
+
+### git editor
+* check editor version and run
+```bash
+nano --version
+nano # exit nano with Ctrl-X
+vim --version
+vim
+emacs --version
+emacs
+```
+
+### remote branch
+```bash
+git remote -v
+# the remote branch is named origin in this example
+git remote add origin <https-origin-url>
+git remote set-url origin <https-origin-url>
+```
+
+### add and commit
+```bash
+# add
+git add <file.ext>
+git add . # danger, this stages all changes
+# commit
+git commit -m "Message"
+```
+
+### delete local and remote branch
+```bash
+git branch -d <local-branch-name>
+git push origin :<remote-branch-name>
+```