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name of the current banch and nothing else (for automation)
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
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all commits that your branch have that are not yet in master
git log master..<HERE_COMES_YOUR_BRANCH_NAME>
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setting up a character used for comments
git config core.commentchar <HERE_COMES_YOUR_COMMENT_CHAR>
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fixing
fatal: Could not parse object
after unsuccessful revertgit revert --quit
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view diff with inline changes
git diff --word-diff=plain master
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view quick stat of a diff
git diff --shortstat master git diff --numstat master git diff --dirstat master
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undo last just made commit
git reset HEAD~
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list last 20 hashes in reverse
git log --format="%p..%h %cd %<(17)%an %s" --date=format:"%a %m/%d %H:%M" --reverse -n 20
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list commits between dates
git log --format="%p..%h %cd %<(17)%an %s" --date=format:"%a %m/%d %H:%M" --reverse --after=2016-11-09T00:00:00-05:00 --before=2016-11-10T00:00:00-05:00
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try a new output for diffing
git diff --compaction-heuristic ... --color-words ...
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enable more thorough comparison
git config --global diff.algorithm patience
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restoring a file from a certain commit relative to the latest
git checkout HEAD~<NUMBER> -- <RELATIVE_PATH_TO_FILE>
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restoring a file from a certain commit relative to the given commit
git checkout <COMMIT_HASH>~<NUMBER> -- <RELATIVE_PATH_TO_FILE>
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restoring a file from a certain commit
git checkout <COMMIT_HASH> -- <RELATIVE_PATH_TO_FILE>
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creating a diff file from unstaged changes for a specific folder
git diff -- <RELATIVE_PATH_TO_FOLDER> changes.diff
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applying a diff file
- go to the root directory of your repository
- run:
git apply changes.diff
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show differences between last commit and currrent changes:
git difftool -d
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referring to:
- last commits
... HEAD~1 ...
- last 3 commits
... HEAD~3 ...
- last commits
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show the history of changes of a file
git log -p -- ./Scripts/Libs/select2.js
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ignoring whitespaces
git rebase --ignore-whitespace <BRANCH_NAME>
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pulling for fast-forward only (eliminating a chance for unintended merging)
git pull --ff-only
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list of all tags
git fetch git tag -l
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archive a branch using tags
git tag <TAG_NAME> <BRANCH_NAME> git push origin --tags
you can delete your branch now
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get a tagged branch
git checkout -b <BRANCH_NAME> <TAG_NAME>
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list of all branches that haven't been merged to master
git branch --no-merge master
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enable more elaborate diff algorithm by default
git config --global diff.algorithm histogram
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list of all developers
git shortlog -s -n -e
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display graph of branches
git log --decorate --graph --all --date=relative
or
git log --decorate --graph --all --oneline
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remembering the password
git config --global credential.helper store git fetch
the first command tells git to remember the credentials that you are going to provide for the second command
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path to the global config
C:\Users\Bykov\.gitconfig
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example of a global config
[user] email = ***** name = Aleksey Bykov password = ***** [merge] tool = p4merge [mergetool "p4merge"] cmd = p4merge.exe \"$BASE\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" \"$MERGED\" path = \"C:/Program Files/Perforce\" trustExitCode = false [push] default = simple [diff] tool = meld compactionHeuristic = true [difftool "p4merge"] cmd = p4merge.exe \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" path = C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe [difftool "meld"] cmd = \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Meld/Meld.exe\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" path = C:/Program Files (x86)/Meld/Meld.exe
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viewing differences between current and other branch
git difftool -d BRANCH_NAME
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viewing differences between current and stash
git difftool -d stash
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viewing differences between several commits in a diff tool
git difftool -d HEAD@{2}...HEAD@{0}
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view all global settings
git config --global -l
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delete tag
git tag -d my-tag git push origin :refs/tags/my-tag
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pushing tags
git push --tags
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checking the history of a file or a folder
git log -- <FILE_OR_FOLDER>
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disabling the scroller
git --no-pager <...>
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who pushed last which branch
git for-each-ref --format="%(committerdate) %09 %(refname) %09 %(authorname)"
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deleting remote branch
git push origin :<BRANCH_NAME>
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deleting remote branch localy
git branch -r -D <BRANCH_NAME>
or to sync with the remote
git fetch --all --prune
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deleting local branch
git branch -d <BRANCH_NAME>
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list actual remote branchs
git ls-remote --heads origin
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list all remote (fetched) branches
git branch -r
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list all local branches
git branch -l
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find to which branch a given commit belongs
git branch --contains <COMMIT>
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updating from a forked repository
git remote add upstream https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript.git git fetch upstream git rebase upstream/master
Created
February 17, 2017 23:31
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