Useful git commands

git_commands.sh

#Pretty and comprehensive git log
# see https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log#_commit_formatting for options
git log --graph --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset) %C(white)%an%C(reset)%C(bold yellow)%d%C(reset) %C(dim white)- %s%C(reset)' --all

#display stats about a commit
# see https://git-scm.com/docs/git-show
git show b1e7dcb0204d1eab337d0ff7b41a3e53441ed2bc --stat 

#show changes for a file
git show <commit> -- <filepath>

#number of lines of code in a folder
git ls-files | xargs wc -l

# same a above but by filetype
git ls-files | grep '\.js' | xargs wc -l

#tags
git tag -a v1.4 -m "my version 1.4"