# Setup
git config --global --list
git config --global user.name "Ken-ichi"
git config --global user.email "fortinbras@norway.net"
 
# The colors, children.  Mm-hey
git config --global color.diff auto
git config --global color.status auto
git config --global color.branch auto
 
# Getting Info
git remote -v # Display the remote repository URL
git log # duh
git show COMMIT # equivalent of svn log -r REV_NUM, but with diffs
 
# Committing
git add .
git commit -a
 
# Amending
git commit -a --amend
 
# Reverting
git reset --hard HEAD # revert everything to HEAD
git checkout path/to/file # reset a single file
 
# Checking out previous states
git checkout COMMIT
git checkout master # to get back
 
# Stashing
git stash # stash changes on this branch so you can switch and work on something else
git stash pop # bring back the stashed changes
 
# Pushing to another repos
# could be local like /path/to/somewhere 
# or ssh://me@there.net/path/to/repos
git push path/to/repos
git push origin master # if you cloned from a remote named origin
 
# to switch origins
git remote rm origin
git remote add origin 'path/to/a/bare/repo'
 
# note that when sharing a repo with others, you will all want to push/pull from a *bare* repo made with 
git clone --bare path/to/repo
# See http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#public-repositories
 
# Branching and merging
git branch new_branch && git checkout new_branch # make a new branch and switch to it
git checkout -b new_branch # same as above
git diff master..new_branch # diff two branches
git merge other_branch
git mergetool -t opendiff # resolve conflicts in a merge with FileMerge
 
# Adding a submodule
git submodule init
git submodule add path/to/remote/repo path/to/local/checkout
git submodule update
git commit -m "I just added a submodule"
 
# Updating a submodule
cd path/to/local/checkout
git pull origin master # or wherever you're pulling from
cd ../back/to/main/repo
git submodule update
git commit -m "I just updated a submodule"