--- title: "Common Commands" permalink: /docs/common_commands --- Most of these operations will look like Git commands; because they are. yadm wraps Git, allowing it to perform all of Git's operations. The difference is your `$HOME` directory becomes the working directory, and you can run the commands from any directory. Commands below which are special to yadm are denoted with <i class="fa fa-fw fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i>, and those which are passed directly through to Git are denoted with <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i>. <i class="fa fa-fw fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> `man yadm` : Display yadm's [manual](https://github.com/yadm-dev/yadm/blob/master/yadm.md). <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm status` : Show the repository status; added, changed, removed files. Because a `$HOME` directory often more than only dotfiles, by default yadm ignores untracked files when displaying status. <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm push`, `yadm fetch` : Send or retrive commits to/from your remote repository . <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm commit --amend` : Replace the last commit with a new one. Allows you to change your commit message or add staged changes to the previous commit. <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm diff` : View changes (uncommitted) you've made to your dotfiles. <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm diff --cached` : View changes staged with `yadm add`. These changes will be added with the next commit. <i class="fa fa-fw fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm list -a` : Print a list of files managed by yadm. The -a option will cause all managed files to be listed. Otherwise, the list will only include files from the current directory or below. <i class="fa fa-fw fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm alt` : Create symbolic links for any managed files matching the alternate naming rules. Read about [alternate files](alternates) for more details. <i class="fa fa-fw fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm encrypt` : Encrypt all files matching the patterns found in `$HOME/.config/yadm/encrypt`. Read about [encryption](encryption) for more details. <i class="fa fa-fw fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm decrypt`, `yadm decrypt -l` : Decrypt files stored in `$HOME/.config/yadm/files.gpg`. Using the `-l` option will only list the files (without decrypting them). Read about [encryption](encryption) for more details. <i class="fa fa-fw fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm clone --bootstrap <URL>` : Clone the repository from `<URL>`, and automatically run bootstrap if successful. Read about [bootstrap](bootstrap) for more details. <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm remote -v` : Display detailed information about all configured remote repositories. <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm checkout -- <file>` : Abandon local changes to `<file>`, replacing it with the `HEAD` revision of `<file>`. <i class="fab fa-fw fa-git-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> `yadm checkout -b <branch-name>` : Create a branch called `<branch-name>`, and check the branch out.