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P.S: All these commands are tested on git version 2.7.4 (Apple Git-66).
master branch.gitignore.git ls-tree --name-only -r <commit-ish>
git checkout -
Alternatives:
git checkout @{-1}
git push origin --delete <remote_branchname>
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git push origin :<remote_branchname>
git branch -dr <remote/branch>
git push origin :refs/tags/<tag-name>
git checkout -- <file_name>
git commit -v --amend
git cherry -v master
git commit --amend --author='Author Name <[email protected]>'
git add -p
git checkout <branch-name> && git cherry-pick <commit-ish>
git checkout <stash@{n}> -- <file_path>
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git checkout stash@{0} -- <file_path>
git worktree add -b <branch-name> <path> <start-point>
git worktree add --detach <path> HEAD
git cherry -v master
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git cherry -v master <branch-to-be-merged>
git add --all && git commit --amend --no-edit
git fetch -p
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git remote prune origin
git rev-list --reverse HEAD | head -1
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git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD
git log --pretty=oneline | tail -1 | cut -c 1-40
git log --pretty=oneline --reverse | head -1 | cut -c 1-40
git clone repo.bundle <repo-dir> -b <branch-name>
git update-index --assume-unchanged Changelog; git commit -a; git update-index --no-assume-unchanged Changelog
git fetch origin pull/<id>/head:<branch-name>
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git pull origin pull/<id>/head:<branch-name>
git checkout <deleting_commit> -- <file_path>
git checkout <commit-ish> -- <file_path>
git commit --fixup <SHA-1>
git commit --only <file_path>
git add -i
git status --ignored
git checkout --orphan <branch_name>
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
git commit --no-verify
git clone -b <branch-name> --single-branch https://github.com/user/repo.git
git checkout -b <branch-name>
Alternatives:
git branch <branch-name> && git checkout <branch-name>
git switch -c <branch-name>
git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/
git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git --depth 1
git push -f <remote-name> <branch-name>
git shortlog
git push --force-with-lease <remote-name> <branch-name>
git rev-list --count <branch-name>
git notes add -m 'Note on the previous commit....'
git --git-dir=<source-dir>/.git format-patch -k -1 --stdout <SHA1> | git am -3 -k
git fetch origin master:refs/remotes/origin/mymaster
git request-pull v1.0 https://git.ko.xz/project master:for-linus
git status --short --branch
git checkout master@{yesterday}
git push origin HEAD
git push -u origin <branch_name>
cd <path-to-submodule>
git pull origin <branch>
cd <root-of-your-main-project>
git add <path-to-submodule>
git commit -m "submodule updated"
git clone --bare https://github.com/exampleuser/old-repository.git
git push --mirror https://github.com/exampleuser/new-repository.git
git branch --merged 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
git branch -vv
git branch -u origin/mybranch
git branch -d <local_branchname>
git branch -a
git branch -r
git branch -a --contains <commit-ish>
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git branch --contains <commit-ish>
git branch -m <new-branch-name>
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git branch -m [<old-branch-name>] <new-branch-name>
master branchgit archive master --format=zip --output=master.zip
git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | awk '{print $1}' | xargs git branch -D
git bundle create <file> <branch-name>
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
git describe --tags --abbrev=0
git checkout master && git branch --no-merged
git format-patch -M upstream..topic
git switch <branch-name>
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git switch -c <new-branch-name>
git help -g
git log -S'<a term in the source>'
git log -p <file_name>
git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U
git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <commit-ish>
git diff
git diff --cached
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git diff --staged
git diff HEAD
git log --no-merges --raw --since='2 weeks ago'
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git whatchanged --since='2 weeks ago'
git log --no-merges --stat --reverse master..
git ls-files -t
git ls-files --others
git ls-files --others -i --exclude-standard
git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate --all
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gitk --all
git log --graph --pretty=format:'%C(auto) %h | %s | %an | %ar%d'
git log --graph --decorate --oneline $(git rev-list --walk-reflogs --all)
git diff --word-diff
git difftool [-t <tool>] <commit1> <commit2> <path>
git log Branch1 ^Branch2
git log -<n>
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git log -n <n>
git diff --name-only | uniq | xargs $EDITOR
git log --show-signature
git show <branch_name>:<file_name>
git log --first-parent
git log --follow -p -- <file_path>
git log --all --grep='<given-text>'
git log --oneline master..<branch-name> | tail -1
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git log --reverse master..<branch-name> | head -6
git blame <file-name>
git log --author='_Your_Name_Here_' --pretty=tformat: --numstat | gawk '{ add += $1; subs += $2; loc += $1 - $2 } END { printf "added lines: %s removed lines: %s total lines: %s
", add, subs, loc }' -
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git log --author='_Your_Name_Here_' --pretty=tformat: --numstat | awk '{ add += $1; subs += $2; loc += $1 - $2 } END { printf "added lines: %s, removed lines: %s, total lines: %s
", add, subs, loc }' - # on Mac OSX
git log --show-notes='*'
git log --branches --not --remotes
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git log @{u}..
git cherry -v
git diff --ignore-all-space | git apply --cached
git blame -L <start>,<end>
git var -l | <variable>
git rev-parse --show-toplevel
git log --since='FEB 1 2017' --until='FEB 14 2017'
git log --perl-regexp --author='^((?!excluded-author-regex).*)$'
git show
git reflog
git rebase master feature && git checkout master && git merge -
git rebase --autostash
git rebase -i --autosquash
git rebase --interactive HEAD~2
git merge-base <branch-name> <other-branch-name>
git rebase --onto <new_base> <old_base>
git help everyday
git rm --cached <file_path>
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git rm --cached -r <directory_path>
git update-index --assume-unchanged <file_name>
git name-rev --name-only <SHA-1>
git check-ignore *
git count-objects --human-readable
git gc --prune=now --aggressive
git instaweb [--local] [--httpd=<httpd>] [--port=<port>] [--browser=<browser>]
git grep --heading --line-number 'foo bar'
git ls-files --others -i --exclude-standard | xargs zip untracked.zip
git send-email [<options>] <file|directory>…
git send-email [<options>] <format-patch options>
git remote set-url origin <URL>
git remote
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git remote show
git remote add <remote-nickname> <remote-url>
git remote -v
git ls-remote git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
git remote update origin --prune
git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch <path-to-your-file>' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all && git push origin --force --all
git commit --amend --reset-author --no-edit
curl -L http://git.io/vfhol > ~/.git-completion.bash && echo '[ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ] && . ~/.git-completion.bash' >> ~/.bashrc
git config --global alias.<handle> <command>
git config --global alias.st status
git config --global pull.rebase true
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#git < 1.7.9
git config --global branch.autosetuprebase always
git config --list
git config --global core.ignorecase false
git config --global core.editor '$EDITOR'
git config --global help.autocorrect 1
git config --global rerere.enabled 1
git config --global --unset <entry-name>
git config core.fileMode false
git config --global color.ui false
git config --global <specific command e.g branch, diff> <true, false or always>
git config --global alias.undo '!f() { git reset --hard $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)@{${1-1}}; }; f'
git config [--global] --edit
git config -l | grep alias | sed 's/^alias\.//g'
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git config -l | grep alias | cut -d '.' -f 2
git config --global url.'[email protected]:'.insteadOf 'https://github.com/'
git config --global core.autocrlf false
git config --edit --system
git config --edit --global
git config --edit --local
git stash
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git stash push
git stash -k
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git stash --keep-index
git stash push --keep-index
git stash -u
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git stash push -u
git stash push --include-untracked
git stash push -m <message>
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git stash push --message <message>
git stash -a
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git stash --all
git stash push --all
git stash list
git stash show -p <stash@{n}>
git stash apply <stash@{n}>
git stash pop
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git stash apply stash@{0} && git stash drop stash@{0}
git stash clear
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git stash drop <stash@{n}>
git submodule foreach git pull
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git submodule update --init --recursive
git submodule update --remote
git subtree push --prefix subfolder_name origin gh-pages
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git subtree push --prefix subfolder_name origin branch_name
git subtree add --prefix=<directory_name>/<project_name> --squash [email protected]:<username>/<project_name>.git master
git subtree pull --prefix=<directory_name>/<project_name> --squash [email protected]:<username>/<project_name>.git master
git tag <tag-name>
git tag -d <tag-name>
git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/master && git clean -f -d
git update-ref -d HEAD
git reset --keep <commit>
git revert <commit-ish>
git reset <commit-ish>
git clean -n
git clean -f
git clean -f -d
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged <file_name>
.gitignore.git clean -X -f
git clean -fd --dry-run
git reset HEAD <file-name>
git revert -m 1 <commit-ish>
git restore <file-name>
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git restore --staged <file-name>