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+# Git Command Basics Sheet 
+
+## To customize Git and let it know who you are:
+
+- git config --global user.name "My Name" << this is your handle on GitHub>>
+- t config --global user.mail "abc@xyz.com" << this is your email associated with the GitHub account
+
+## To initialize a new Git repository locally 
+- git init "directory" 
+
+## To fork a repository (i.e. create a working copy for yourself in your Git account)
+- use the fork button on the remote repository. Git does not have a native command for forks. There's third party commands that can be installed to do the same, however. 
+
+## To copy a git repository locally
+- git clone "git respository link"
+
+# *Note: You need to be in your local Git repository to perform these actions!*
+
+## To see how the local repository differs from the remote repository:
+- git status 
+
+## To stage files 
+- git add [file]
+- Options: add *: stages all files; add [filename]  only stages specific ones. 
+
+## To unstage files without editing the changes made 
+- git reset [file]
+
+## To save changes made to the local repository 
+- git commit -m "message to describe a change made"
+
+## To finalize these changes in the remote respository 
+- git push
+
+## To update the local repository with new changes in the remote repository
+- git pull 
+
+## For more Git commands, click [here](https://education.github.com/git-cheat-sheet-education.pdf).
+
+~END~
+