STAGE & SNAPSHOT

Working with snapshots and the Git staging area

git status or git status -s (short version)

show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit

git add [file]

add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage)

git add --all or git add -A

add all files to your next commit(stage)

git add .

add current directory to stage

git reset [file]

unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory

git reset --hard

clean up your working directory and set to last commit(HEAD)

git diff

diff of what is changed but not staged

git diff --staged

diff of what is staged but not yet committed

git commit -m “[descriptive message]”

commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot