Git tricks

git-tricks

# Apply a patch from another (unrelated) local repository
$ git --git-dir=../some_other_repo/.git format-patch -k -1 --stdout <commit SHA> | git am -3 -k

# Checout an empty branch to do something radically different (i.e. gh-pages)
$ git checkout --orphan <new_empty_branch>

# Find the root of the project
$ git rev-parse --show-toplevel

# Change to the root of the project
$ cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)

# Delete a remote branch
$ git push origin --delete <branchName>

# Show all the content in your stashes
$ for stash in $(git stash list | awk '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/://'); do 
>   (echo ----- $stash ----- && git stash show -p $stash);
> done