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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Centralized Version Control Systems - p. 11}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Single server contains all versioned files} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Several clients check out from central server} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Centralized server represents single point of failure} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Distributed Version Control Systems - p. 12}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Clients don't just check out the latest snapshot of the files} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Every clone is really a full backup of all the data.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.64241 cm} x{3.33459 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What is Git - p. 14}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Snapshots}} & takes picture of what all files look like when commiting and stores a reference to that snapshot \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & If files have not changed, only the previously saved file is linked \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Local Operations}} & operations only need local files and resources \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & entire history of the project on local disk \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & work can be continued when offline \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Integrity}} & files are checksummed and then referred to by that checksum \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & SHA-1 hash is used for checksumming \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{SHA-1 hash}} & 40-character string composed of hexadecimal characters \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & calculated based on the contents of a file or directory \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 3) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & everything in Git database saved by hash value of its contents \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Adding data}} & actions only add data to database \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} & once committed data loss is very difficult \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.24425 cm} x{3.73275 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The three states of files - p. 16}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Modified}} & file changed but not committed to database yet \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Staged}} & modified file is marked to go into next commit snapshot \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Committed}} & data is safely stored in local database \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.44333 cm} x{3.53367 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Main Sections of a git project - p. 17}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Working tree}} & single checkout of one project version \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Staging area}} & file with information about next commit \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Repository}} & metadata and object database \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Installing Git - p. 18}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Most official build for Windows is available for download on the \{\{link="https://git-scm.com/download/win"\}\}Git website\{\{/link\}\}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Git for Windows is separate from Git itself} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.74195 cm} x{3.23505 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{git config - p. 21}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{get and set configuration variables that control all aspects of how Git looks and operates} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{global config file}} & values applied to every user on the system and all their repositories \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & git config -{}-system \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{user config file}} & values specific to user \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & git config -{}-global \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{local config file}} & file of current repository \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & git config -{}-local \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{When looking for a configuration value, Git will start at the local level and bubble up to the system level.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{View settings}} & git config -{}-list -{}-show-origin \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.59264 cm} x{3.38436 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{First Time Setup - p. 22}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{name}} & git config -{}-global user.name "John Doe" \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{email}} & git config -{}-global user.email johndoe@example.com \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{editor}} & git config -{}-global core.editor emacs \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{branch name}} & git config -{}-global init.defaultBranch main \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{settings}} & git config -{}-list \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{specific values}} & e.g. git config user.name \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Git might read same configuration variables value from more than one file. Having unexpected values is possible.} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.4931 cm} x{3.4839 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Getting Help - p- 24}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} git help \textless{}verb\textgreater{} & command for seeing manpage \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} git \textless{}verb\textgreater{} -{}-help & equivalent command \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} git \textless{}verb\textgreater{} -h & overview of available options for git commands \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}