porcelain and plumbing examples of git commands.

gistfile1.sh

# PORCELAIN

# set an upstream tracking branch.
git push -u origin development

# get an external URL and make a copy of it on your machine
git clone git@github.com:Skookum/mason.git

# PLUMBING

# parse git expression into a commit hash
git rev-parse HEAD~4

# view contents of a hash
git cat-file -p {hash}