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git diff

Shows exactly what changed, line by line — between your working directory, the staging area, or any two commits.

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1git diff # working directory vs. staging area

2git diff --staged # staging area vs. last commit

3git diff <branch-a> <branch-b>

4git diff <commit-1> <commit-2> -- <file>

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Shows what's staged, what's changed but unstaged, and what Git isn't tracking at all — the first command to run when you're not sure what state you're in.

Compare branches & commits

The commands for 'is this branch ahead/behind', 'what's the common ancestor', and 'what will merging this actually bring in' — gathered in one place instead of re-derived from log/diff each time.

git pull — preview remote changes before merging

`git pull` is `git fetch` plus an immediate merge (or rebase) — meaning you commit to integrating before you've actually looked at what's incoming. This is the safe sequence: fetch, inspect, then decide.

Walks commit history who changed what, when, and why, from most recent backward.

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