Setup
    git config --global user.name "[username]"
        set a name that is identifiable for credit when review version history
    git config --global user.email "[valid email]"
        set an email address that will be associated with each history marker
    git config --global color.ui auto
        set automatic command line coloring for Git for easy reviewing
Setup & Init
    git init
        initialize an existing directory as a Git repository
    git clone
    git clone git@github.com/User/Repo
        retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URLd
Stage & Snapshot
    git status
        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 reset [file]
        unstage a file while retaining the changes in working directory
    git diff
        diff of what is changed but not staged
    git diff --staged
        diff of what is staged but not yet commited
    git commit -m "[descriptivie message]"
        commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot
Branch & Merge
    git branch
        list your brances. * will appear next to the currently active branch
    git branch [branch-name]
        create a new branch at the current commit
    git checkout
        switch to another branch and check it out into your working directory
    git push --set-upstream origin [branch]
        set upstream branch to branch you are in
    git merge [branch]
        merge the specified branch's history into the current one
    git log
        show all commits in the current branch's history