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Author: Shambhu Shrestha

git/basics.md

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 # Git Basics
 
 1. Initializing a git repo: `git init`
-2. Add an untracked file: `git add file`
+2. Add an untracked file: `git add file`. The same command is used to *stage* a tracked modified file. 
+3. Check status: `git status`. The newly added file is in *modified* state.
+4. Commit the file: `git commit -m "added file"`
+5. To unstage a file `git reset HEAD file`. To unstage all files `git reset HEAD`.