Whenever you're confused about git, come read this cheat sheet. Remember that all git commands can be run with the --help option. For example:

$ git branch --help or $git log --help

####Create a new git repository $ git init - Create a new, local repository

$ git status - Check the status of your current repository and see which files have changed.

$ git diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc

$ git log - Shows commit logs (history of commits)

$ git log --oneline --decorate --color --graph --all -Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown line-by-line highlighting by color the directory and branch you are in and graphing all the ties to the parent (git log --help '/graph)

$ git log -p [filename] - Prints out the entire history of git commands run on the file

$ git add <filename> - Stage all changes in <filename> for the next commit

$ git add -A - Stage all files

$ git commit -m "<commit message>" - Record changes to the repository with the message, <commit message>

$ git branch <branch name> - branch2

$ git branch - Show which Branch your on

$ git checkout <branch name> - Move Branches

$ git merge <branch name> - merge to branch2