Tab to autocomplete a command or directory which saves much time.
ls -la to list all files in a directory

Git
git init to initialize a git directory in a directory of existing code, to remove just remove the .git directory
git status to see status
touch .gitignore to make a gitignore directory, code .gitignore to open this and then add the files to ignore
git add -A to add all files in the directory to the staging area
git reset arg1 to remove arg1 from the staging area, git reset without an argument resets all
git commit -m “This is where you describe the commit” to commit
git pull <name> <branch> updates your repository if others have pushed commits
git push <name> <branch> pushes your commits to the remote repository; git push origin master

In Git, origin is a placeholder name for the URL of the remote repository. Git sets up the origin by default when it clones a remote repository. You can use origin to access the remote repository without having to enter a full URL every time. This also means that you can have multiple remotes for a repository by giving each a unique name.

git log to see a log of commits that were made, who made them, etc
git clone <url> <where to clone> to clone a remote repository
git diff shows changes made to code
git branch <name> to create a branch of code to work within
git branch -a to see all the branches
git checkout <name> to begin working in <name> branch
git push -u <name> <branch> to “associate the local branch with the remote repository branch” so that you can use just git pull and git push in the future

to merge a branch:
git checkout master
git pull <repositoryName> master
git branch --merged
git merge <branchName>
git push <repositoryName> master

to delete a branch:
git branch –merged
git branch -d <branchName>
git branch -a
git push <repositoryName> --delete <branchName>


BasicTerminalCommands
~ represents the home directory
ls lists files in the current directory
ls -a shows hidden files
ls -l shows more information
ls -h shows more filesize in prefixed terms
ls -s sorts by filesize
ls -t to sort by time modified

ln to make a hard link to a file ex: ln a.txt b.txt

ln -s to make a symbolic link to a file or directory (more common than using a hard link)

pwd to show current directory
cd ~/music (example) to go to a different directory
cd by itself goes to home directory
cd .. goes up to the parent directory

mkdir to make a directory
mkdir -p to make nested directory
mkdir -v for a verbose mode (useful to keep track of what you’re doing)

cp arg1 arg2 copies the file (arg1) to the location (arg2)

you can copy multiple files using cp arg1 arg2 arg3… argFinal where argFinal is a directory the files are being copied to.
cp supports -v

cp -R to copy the contents of a directory into another directory.
cp -i to ask for confirmation if a file is going to be overwritten
cp -f to force overwrite if ‘permission denied’

rm is to remove a file or folder, supporting the same flags/arguments as the cp commands

mv to move files, supporting the same flags/arguments as the cp/rm commands
mv can also be used to rename a file
(mv essentially combines cp and rm)

| is the ‘pipe’ command and can be used to chain multiple commands together

> write the results of a command into a file
< read from a file
. to refer to all files in a directory

code . In a project directory to open all of the project files.