My Git Config and the Commands I Keep Reaching For

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000

This page is a reference rather than an article: the global configuration I set on every new machine, and the commands I look up often enough to keep written down. Each one comes with what it actually does and, where it rewrites history or throws work away, what to watch out for. Every command here was run against Git 2.56 on 21 October 2026, and the explanations follow the official Git reference pages linked at the end.

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My Git Config and the Commands I Keep Reaching For