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- How to Everyday Git in twenty commands or so
- How to Show helpful guides that come with Git
- How to Overwrite pull
- How to List of all files till a commit
- How to Git reset first commit
- How to List all the conflicted files
- How to List of all files changed in a commit
- How to Unstaged changes since last commit
- How to Changes staged for commit
- How to Show both staged and unstaged changes
- How to List all branches that are already merged into master
- How to Quickly switch to the previous branch
- How to Remove branches that have already been merged with master
- How to List all branches and their upstreams, as well as last commit on branch
- How to Track upstream branch
- How to Delete local branch
- How to Delete remote branch
- How to Undo local changes with the last content in head
- How to Revert: Undo a commit by creating a new commit
- How to Reset: Discard commits, advised for private branch
- How to Reword the previous commit message
- How to See commit history for just the current branch
- How to Amend author.
- How to Reset author, after author has been changed in the global config.
- How to Changing a remote’s URL
- How to Get list of all remote references
- How to Get list of all local and remote branches
- How to Get only remote branches
- How to Stage parts of a changed file, instead of the entire file
- How to Get git bash completion
- How to What changed since two weeks?
- How to See all commits made since forking from master
- How to Pick commits across branches using cherry-pick
- How to Find out branches containing commit-hash
- How to Git Aliases
- How to Saving current state of tracked files without commiting
- How to Saving current state including untracked files
- How to Show list of all saved stashes
- How to Apply any stash without deleting from the stashed list
- How to Apply last stashed state and delete it from stashed list
- How to Delete all stored stashes
- How to Grab a single file from a stash
- How to Show all tracked files
- How to Show all untracked files
- How to Show all ignored files
- How to Create new working tree from a repository (git 2.5)
- How to Create new working tree from HEAD state
- How to Untrack files without deleting
- How to Before deleting untracked files/directory, do a dry run to get the list of these files/directories
- How to Forcefully remove untracked files
- How to Forcefully remove untracked directory
- How to Update all the submodules
- How to Show all commits in the current branch yet to be merged to master
- How to Rename a branch
- How to rebases ‘feature’ to ‘master’ and merges it in to master
- How to Archive the
master
branch - How to Modify previous commit without modifying the commit message
- How to Prunes references to remote branches that have been deleted in the remote.
- How to Retrieve the commit hash of the initial revision.
- How to Visualize the version tree.
- How to Deploying git tracked subfolder to gh-pages
- How to Adding a project to repo using subtree
- How to Get latest changes in your repo for a linked project using subtree
- How to Export a branch with history to a file.
- How to Import from a bundle
- How to Get the name of current branch.
- How to Ignore one file on commit (e.g. Changelog).
- How to Stash changes before rebasing
- How to Fetch pull request by ID to a local branch
- How to Show the most recent tag on the current branch.
- How to Show inline word diff.
- How to Don’t consider changes for tracked file.
- How to Undo assume-unchanged.
- How to Clean the files from
.gitignore
. - How to Restore deleted file.
- How to Restore file to a specific commit-hash
- How to Always rebase instead of merge on pull.
- How to List all the alias and configs.
- How to Make git case sensitive.
- How to Auto correct typos.
- How to Check if the change was a part of a release.
- How to Dry run. (any command that supports dry-run flag should do.)
- How to Marks your commit as a fix of a previous commit.
- How to squash fixup commits normal commits.
- How to skip staging area during commit.
- How to List ignored files.
- How to Status of ignored files.
- How to Commits in Branch1 that are not in Branch2
- How to reuse recorded resolution, record and reuse previous conflicts resolutions.
- How to Open all conflicted files in an editor.
- How to Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption.
- How to Prune all unreachable objects from the object database.
- How to Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb.
- How to View the GPG signatures in the commit log
- How to Remove entry in the global config.
- How to Checkout a new branch without any history
- How to Extract file from another branch.
- How to List only the root and merge commits.
- How to Merge previous two commits into one.
- How to List all branch is WIP
- How to Find guilty with binary search
- How to Bypass pre-commit and commit-msg githooks
- How to List commits and changes to a specific file (even through renaming)
- How to Clone a single branch
- How to Create and switch new branch
- How to Ignore file mode changes on commits
- How to Turn off git colored terminal output
- How to specific color settings
Everyday Git in twenty commands or so
git help everyday
Show helpful guides that come with Git
git help -g
Overwrite pull
git fetch --all && git reset --hard origin/master
List of all files till a commit
git ls-tree --name-only -r <commit-ish>
Git reset first commit
git update-ref -d HEAD
List all the conflicted files
git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U
List of all files changed in a commit
git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <commit-ish>
Unstaged changes since last commit
git diff
Changes staged for commit
git diff --cached
Alternatives:
git diff --staged
Show both staged and unstaged changes
git diff HEAD
List all branches that are already merged into master
git branch --merged master
Quickly switch to the previous branch
git checkout -
Remove branches that have already been merged with master
git branch --merged master | grep -v '^\*' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d
Alternatives:
git branch --merged master | grep -v '^\*\| master' | xargs -n 1 git branch -d # will not delete master if master is not checked out
List all branches and their upstreams, as well as last commit on branch
git branch -vv
Track upstream branch
git branch -u origin/mybranch
Delete local branch
git branch -d <local_branchname>
Delete remote branch
git push origin --delete <remote_branchname>
Alternatives:
git push origin :<remote_branchname>
Undo local changes with the last content in head
git checkout -- <file_name>
Revert: Undo a commit by creating a new commit
git revert <commit-ish>
Reset: Discard commits, advised for private branch
git reset <commit-ish>
Reword the previous commit message
git commit -v --amend
See commit history for just the current branch
git cherry -v master
Amend author.
git commit --amend --author='Author Name <email@address.com>'
Reset author, after author has been changed in the global config.
git commit --amend --reset-author --no-edit
Changing a remote’s URL
git remote set-url origin <URL>
Get list of all remote references
git remote
Alternatives:
git remote show
Get list of all local and remote branches
git branch -a
Get only remote branches
git branch -r
Stage parts of a changed file, instead of the entire file
git add -p
Get git bash completion
curl http://git.io/vfhol > ~/.git-completion.bash && echo '[ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ] && . ~/.git-completion.bash' >> ~/.bashrc
What changed since two weeks?
git log --no-merges --raw --since='2 weeks ago'
Alternatives:
git whatchanged --since='2 weeks ago'
See all commits made since forking from master
git log --no-merges --stat --reverse master..
Pick commits across branches using cherry-pick
git checkout <branch-name> && git cherry-pick <commit-ish>
Find out branches containing commit-hash
git branch -a --contains <commit-ish>
Alternatives:
git branch --contains <commit-ish>
Git Aliases
git config --global alias.<handle> <command> git config --global alias.st status
Saving current state of tracked files without commiting
git stash
Alternatives:
git stash save
Saving current state including untracked files
git stash save -u
Alternatives:
git stash save --include-untracked
Show list of all saved stashes
git stash list
Apply any stash without deleting from the stashed list
git stash apply <stash@{n}>
Apply last stashed state and delete it from stashed list
git stash pop
Alternatives:
git stash apply stash@{0} && git stash drop stash@{0}
Delete all stored stashes
git stash clear
Alternatives:
git stash drop <stash@{n}>
Grab a single file from a stash
git checkout <stash@{n}> -- <file_path>
Alternatives:
git checkout stash@{0} -- <file_path>
Show all tracked files
git ls-files -t
Show all untracked files
git ls-files --others
Show all ignored files
git ls-files --others -i --exclude-standard
Create new working tree from a repository (git 2.5)
git worktree add -b <branch-name> <path> <start-point>
Create new working tree from HEAD state
git worktree add --detach <path> HEAD
Untrack files without deleting
git rm --cached <file_path>
Alternatives:
git rm --cached -r <directory_path>
Before deleting untracked files/directory, do a dry run to get the list of these files/directories
git clean -n
Forcefully remove untracked files
git clean -f
Forcefully remove untracked directory
git clean -f -d
Alternatives:
git clean -df
Update all the submodules
git submodule foreach git pull
Show all commits in the current branch yet to be merged to master
git cherry -v master
Alternatives:
git cherry -v master <branch-to-be-merged>
Rename a branch
git branch -m <new-branch-name>
Alternatives:
git branch -m [<old-branch-name>] <new-branch-name>
rebases ‘feature’ to ‘master’ and merges it in to master
git checkout feature && git rebase @{-1} && git checkout @{-2} && git merge @{-1}
Archive the master
branch
git archive master --format=zip --output=master.zip
Modify previous commit without modifying the commit message
git add --all && git commit --amend --no-edit
Prunes references to remote branches that have been deleted in the remote.
git fetch -p
Alternatives:
git remote prune origin
Retrieve the commit hash of the initial revision.
git rev-list --reverse HEAD | head -1
Visualize the version tree.
git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate --all
Alternatives:
gitk --all
Deploying git tracked subfolder to gh-pages
git subtree push --prefix subfolder_name origin gh-pages
Adding a project to repo using subtree
git subtree add --prefix=<directory_name>/<project_name> --squash git@github.com:<username>/<project_name>.git master
Get latest changes in your repo for a linked project using subtree
git subtree pull --prefix=<directory_name>/<project_name> --squash git@github.com:<username>/<project_name>.git master
Export a branch with history to a file.
git bundle create <file> <branch-name>
Import from a bundle
git clone repo.bundle <repo-dir> -b <branch-name>
Get the name of current branch.
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
Ignore one file on commit (e.g. Changelog).
git update-index --assume-unchanged Changelog; git commit -a; git update-index --no-assume-unchanged Changelog
Stash changes before rebasing
git rebase --autostash
Fetch pull request by ID to a local branch
git fetch origin pull/<id>/head:<branch-name>
Alternatives:
git pull origin pull/<id>/head:<branch-name>
Show the most recent tag on the current branch.
git describe --tags --abbrev=0
Show inline word diff.
git diff --word-diff
Don’t consider changes for tracked file.
git update-index --assume-unchanged <file_name>
Undo assume-unchanged.
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <file_name>
Clean the files from .gitignore
.
git clean -X -f
Restore deleted file.
git checkout <deleting_commit>^ -- <file_path>
Restore file to a specific commit-hash
git checkout <commit-ish> -- <file_path>
Always rebase instead of merge on pull.
git config --global branch.autosetuprebase always
List all the alias and configs.
git config --list
Make git case sensitive.
git config --global core.ignorecase false
Auto correct typos.
git config --global help.autocorrect 1
Check if the change was a part of a release.
git name-rev --name-only <SHA-1>
Dry run. (any command that supports dry-run flag should do.)
git clean -fd --dry-run
Marks your commit as a fix of a previous commit.
git commit --fixup <SHA-1>
squash fixup commits normal commits.
git rebase -i --autosquash
skip staging area during commit.
git commit -am <commit message>
List ignored files.
git check-ignore *
Status of ignored files.
git status --ignored
Commits in Branch1 that are not in Branch2
git log Branch1 ^Branch2
reuse recorded resolution, record and reuse previous conflicts resolutions.
git config --global rerere.enabled 1
Open all conflicted files in an editor.
git diff --name-only | uniq | xargs $EDITOR
Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption.
git count-objects --human-readable
Prune all unreachable objects from the object database.
git gc --prune=now --aggressive
Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb.
git instaweb [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>] [--browser=<browser>]
View the GPG signatures in the commit log
git log --show-signature
Remove entry in the global config.
git config --global --unset <entry-name>
Checkout a new branch without any history
git checkout --orphan <branch_name>
Extract file from another branch.
git show <branch_name>:<file_name>
List only the root and merge commits.
git log --first-parent
Merge previous two commits into one.
git rebase --interactive HEAD~2
List all branch is WIP
git checkout master && git branch --no-merged
Find guilty with binary search
git bisect start # Search start git bisect bad # Set point to bad commit git bisect good v2.6.13-rc2 # Set point to good commit|tag git bisect bad # Say current state is bad git bisect good # Say current state is good git bisect reset # Finish search
Bypass pre-commit and commit-msg githooks
git commit --no-verify
List commits and changes to a specific file (even through renaming)
git log --follow -p -- <file_path>
Clone a single branch
git clone -b <branch-name> --single-branch https://github.com/user/repo.git
Create and switch new branch
git checkout -b <branch-name>
Alternatives:
git branch <branch-name> && git checkout <branch-name>
Ignore file mode changes on commits
git config core.fileMode false
Turn off git colored terminal output
git config --global color.ui false
specific color settings
git config --global <specific command e.g branch, diff> <true, false or always>