Git-Notes

Git-Notes.txt

Make an Archive to ftp to hostprovider:
	git archive HEAD --format=zip > archive.zip

To export the repository up to a certain commit:
	git archive -o export.zip <COMMIT>
	
Delete (uncommitted) changes:
	git reset --hard 0d1d7fc32

Delete untracked files AND directories from current git branch:
	git clean -f -d --dry-run
	git clean -f -d

Amend a commit message
	git commit --amend -m "New commit message"
	
Show last 3 entries of log
	git log -3
	
Show difference of a specific file to a specified commit:
	git diff 7bc384 myfile.txt (also git diff HEAD myfile.txt)

Show ignored files in git
	git clean -ndX
	
Ignore files that have already been committed to a Git repository
	First commit any outstanding code changes (else you will lose them)
	git rm -r --cached .
	git add .
	git commit -m ".gitignore is now working"
	



Using git add for deleted files
One slightly annoying thing about git add is that it does not take into account deleted files. Typically, git would like you to use git rm to delete files, but in practice, using command line or IDE you are likely to delete files using traditional methods.
To add deletions to the index, a handy shortcut is git add -A, which tells git to add all files it knows about, including deletions.