Some few updates/additions; clean up formatting

DEVEL/git_recipes.txt

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ reference for basic tasks while you get up to speed.
 
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-git checkout [-f] (branch)
+[*] git checkout [-f] (branch)
 
 Switch your local repository to be at the most recent commit of (branch). 
 Including -f will discard changes made in the working directory.
 
 
-git status [-uall | -uno]
+[*] git status [-uall | -uno]
 
 Shows all changed files in your local repository and also a list of the ones
 you have staged for commit.
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ Including -uall will also show you all untracked files in all subdirectories.
 Including -uno will show you _no_ untracked files.
 
 
-git log [-NUM]
+[*] git log [-NUM]
-git log <commit1> <commit2>
+[*] git log <commit1> <commit2>
-git log [--pretty=one]
+[*] git log [--pretty=one]
-git log (branch)
+[*] git log (branch)
 
 For a full explanation of all the arguments you can pass to 'log', please see
 the manual; there are a lot and these are just a few of the common ones. For 
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ you specify:
 (branch): show the commits from (branch) instead of the current one
 
 
-git add (filename)
+[*] git add (filename)
 
 Adds the changes you've made in (filename) to the pre-commit staging area.
 (also referred to as the 'index')
 
 
-git commit [-a] [-m "text"]
+[*] git commit [-a] [-m "text"]
 
 Commits all staged changes (in the index) to this branch in your local repo
 from your current position.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Including -m will use "text" as the commit message instead of opening an
 editor window for you to create one.
 
 
-git push [--all] [-u origin (branch)]
+[*] git push [--all] [-u origin (branch)]
 
 Sends all your commits for the current branch to the centralized repo.
 Including --all will send the commits for _all_ branches.
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ created; it establishes the connection between local and remote for that
 branch.
 
 
-git reset [--hard] (filename)
+[*] git reset [--hard] (filename)
 
 Without any parameters, unstages the changes for (filename) from the index;
 does not change the working tree. This is the equivalent of the command 
-git reset --mixed (filename); git reset --soft (filename) has no effect.
+[*] git reset --mixed (filename); git reset --soft (filename) has no effect.
 
 With --hard, unstages (filename) from the index and reverts (filename) in
 the working tree to the most recent commit.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ with it. But at the same time, for people who are adapting to a commit not
 also automatically being a send, it's nice for them to know how to undo one in
 case they do something wrong. thoughts?]
 
-git reset [--soft | --mixed | --hard] HEAD~1
+[*] git reset [--soft | --mixed | --hard] HEAD~1
 
 *** WARNING *** Never, EVER do this to a commit that you have already pushed;
 you will be rewriting history on other people's machines and this will
@@ -90,26 +90,79 @@ With --hard, does everything --mixed does but also reverts the working tree to
 the prior commit. 
 
 *** WARNING *** --hard will effectively delete a commit and "lose" the changes.
+[/end area-of-concern]
 
 
-git fetch [-a]
+[*] git fetch [-a]
 
 Retrieve commits from the remote repository to your machine.
 Including -a will get commits for all branches.
+Does NOT merge them into your local repository.
 
 
-git pull
+[*] git pull
 
 Incorporate any fetched commits for the current branch into your repository
-and update your position accordingly.
+and update your position accordingly. This will create a merge commit (noting
+that you merged a branch into itself).
 
 
-git merge (branch) [--no-commit]
+[*] git rebase [no-arguments version ONLY]
+
+Incorporate fetched commits for the current branch into your repository, and
+replay any local commits and changes afterwards on top.
+
+Quality picture-pages ASCII art:
+
+                                  E---F---G---H (remote changes)
+                                 /
+                                /
+(branch 'frog')    A---B---C---D---E'---F' (your local changes)
+
+After 'git fetch' and 'git rebase', it will look like this:
+
+                                               --- (remote HEAD)
+                                               |
+                                               V
+(branch 'frog')    A---B---C---D---E---F---G---H---E'---F'
+                                                   ^    ^
+                                                   |    |
+                                                   -------- (to be pushed)
+
+
+[*] git branch (branch)
+
+Creates a new branch from the current commit you're pointed to.
+Does not automatically checkout (switch to) the branch.
+
+
+[*] git checkout -b (branch)
+
+Creates a new branch from the current commit you're pointed to, and
+automatically checks out that branch.
+
+
+[*] git branch <pattern> --list | [--all | -a] | [--remotes | -r]
+
+Lists all branches matching <pattern>.
+With --all instead, lists all branches (including remotely tracked ones).
+With --remotes instead, lists only remote branches.
+
+
+[*] git merge (branch) [--no-commit]
 
 Merges all the changes from (branch) since it last diverged from a common
 ancestor into your current branch.
 
 With --no-commit, does not automatically create a merge entry in the log but
 leaves all the merged files in your working directory; to complete the merge
-you must commit them manually later (likely after you have edited them).
+you must commit them manually later (likely after you have edited them). This
+more accurately mimics the merge behavior of svn [and cvs?]
+
+
+=======================================
+Typical workflows for common activities
+=======================================
+
+{To be added in near future: DSR 3/15}