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# git
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> Distributed version control system.
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> Some subcommands such as `commit`, `add`, `branch`, `checkout`, `push`, etc. have their own usage documentation, accessible via `tldr git subcommand`.
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> More information: <https://git-scm.com/>.
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- Check the Git version:
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`git --version`
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- Show general help:
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`git --help`
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- Show help on a Git subcommand (like `clone` , `add` , `push` , `log` , etc.):
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`git help {{subcommand}}`
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- Execute a Git subcommand:
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`git {{subcommand}}`
- Execute a Git subcommand on a custom repository root path:
`git -C {{path/to/repo}} {{subcommand}}`
- Execute a Git subcommand with a given configuration set:
`git -c '{{config.key}}={{value}}' {{subcommand}}`