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    git features that you should start using

A collection of basic and advanced features which come in handy for developers but are not known or used by many among us.
First of all: don't be afraid of command line interfaces!
Managing the git history

rewriting with interactive rebase and amend
searching in the history https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Searching
Submodules

use submodules to include dependencies which have their own lifecycle (e.g. own npm or jar libraries)
Managing local repo state


Reverting the last commit: git reset HEAD^
Stahsing and cleaning: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Stashing-and-Cleaning
listing branches which have already been merged to the current branch: git branch --merged

Bisect

Binary search to find the commit which caused a regression bug between two releases
git aliases


delete all branches which have already been merged to the current branch (exclude master and development):
  git config --global alias.rmbranches '!git branch --merged | egrep -v "(^\*|master|development)" | xargs git branch -d'   
pick whatever you find useful from one of many collections

Bonus: Shell extensions

Customize your bash/zsh shell to display the current branch or other useful context information,
autocompletion for git aliases