add, commit, push, pull, status — that's most people's entire Git vocabulary, and it's enough until something goes wrong: a bad merge, a commit that needs undoing, a change that belongs on a different branch.
The twelve commands beyond the basics are what turn Git from a save button into a real safety net. The full article walks through reset, revert, cherry-pick, rebase, and more — plus the safety rules that matter once you're working on a shared repository.
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