Command Line Git : Everything you need to know to get started: Illustrated guide to Git with useful mental models and exercises

Table of contents :
Command Line Git - Everything you need to know to get started
Introduction
Why Learn Git?
Why Use the Command Line?
Prerequisites
What You’ll Learn
How to Use This Book
How to Download the Exercises
How to Get Help
How Git Works - Building a Mental Model
What is Version Control?
What is Distributed Version Control?
How Does Git Work?
Git Workflow
Installing and Using Git on Windows
Installing Git Using the Official Installer
PowerShell Primer
Installing Git on Mac OS
Installing Git on Linux
Installing Git
Mac OS and Linux Command Line Primer
How to Open the Command Line
How to Use the Command Line
Configuring Git
Configuration Levels
Configuring Git Using Text Files
Complete List of Available Settings
Using the Config Command
Setting Configuration Options
Removing Configuration Settings
Viewing Configuration Settings
Exercises
Creating a Repository
Before You Start
How to Clone a Repository
How to Initialize a Repository in an Existing Folder
What is Inside the .git Folder
Exercises
Checking the Status of a Repository
How to Use the Status Command
Short Status
Exercises
Selecting Changes to Commit - Staging
How to Stage Changes
Staging Multiple Files
Viewing Staged Changes
Removing Files From the Staging Area
Staging Individual Changes
Exercises
Committing Changes
Merge Commits
How to Commit Changes
How to Overwrite the Last Commit
Exercises
Understanding .gitignore
How to Ignore Files
Glob Patterns
Generate a .gitignore File for Your Project
Exercises
Viewing the Commit History
How to View the Commit History
How to View the Commit History in One Line
How to View the Commit History in a Graph
Exercises
Switching Between Commits
What Does It Mean to Switch Between Commits?
How to Switch to a Particular Commit
How to Switch Relative to the Current Commit
How to Switch Back
Exercises
Understanding HEAD
When the HEAD is Detached
What Happens When You Commit in the Detached HEAD State
How to Find Dangling Commits
How to Reattach the Dangling Commit
How to Fix the Detached HEAD
Exercises
Restoring the Working Directory
Discarding the Untracked Files
Discarding the Tracked Files
Discarding the Staged Files
Exercises
Undoing Changes
Reverting the Commit
Resetting Changes
Exercises
Using branches
How Does Git Store Branches
Creating New Branches
Switching Branches
Listing Branches
Deleting Branches
Merging Branches
Exercises
Resolving Merge Conflicts
How Conflicts Happen
How to Avoid Conflicts
How to Resolve Conflicts
Exercises
Stashing changes
What is a Stash?
Put Aside Changes
View Stashes
Using Named Stashes
Preview Stash Contents
Apply Stashes
Drop stash
Exercises
Using Remotes
What is a Remote
Adding a Remote
Adding GitHub as a Remote Repository
Listing Remotes
Pushing to a Remote Repository
Pulling or Fetching from a Remote Repository
Renaming Remotes
Removing Remotes
Exercises
Afterword
Appendix
Answers to Exercises