Git version Control
Basic and Git Configuration
version :
git --versiongit directory [ Linux ] :
which git
Setting your user name and email :
You need to set who you are before creating any commit. That will allow commits to have the right author name and email associated to them.
Remove a global identity :
Basic Commands
Create an empty Git repository:
git init. This creates a hidden folder, .git , which contains the plumbing needed for Git to work.
Check status :
git statusAdding files to staging area :
git add <directory/filename>[ for single file ]git add .orgit add --all[ for all changed files ]
Commit all files :
git commit[this opens your Git's default code editor]
To commit files with short message :
git commit -m "commit msg"
To add the remote location of git :
git remote add origin https://<your-git-service-address>/owner/repository.git
Cloning a Repo :
git clone https://github.com/username/projectname.git
To specify a different name of the directory, example
MyFolder:git clone https://github.com/username/projectname.git MyFolder
To clone in current directory :
git clone https://github.com/username/projectname.git .
To push your code to upstream :
git push --set-upstream origin mainorgit push origin
Check the remote names:
git remote -v
To get help about any command :
git <command> --help
Create alias commands :
git config --global alias.mylog "log --decorate --oneline --graph"To run :
git mylog
To see the last two commit, becoz revert doesnt delete the faulty commit, it roles back head while keeping the fault.
Logging
To view log :
git loggit log --stat[ for detailed view ]
To view log more beautifully :
git log --decorate --oneline --graph
To see commit using commit id
git show <commit id>
Working with Remote Repositories
List remote location :
git remote -v
If a remote branch has been deleted, your local repository has to be told to prune the reference to it
git fetch [remote-name] --prune
Updating from Upstream Repository
The pull command combines a fetch and a merge :
git pullgit pull --rebase remote-name branch-nameSyntax for pushing to a remote branch :
git push <remote_name> <branch_name>
Rename remote :
git remote rename origin destination
Diff & Patch
Patch
In order to patch the changes
patch code1.js < change.diff
Logging details about commits
To commit all files without going through git add
git commit -a -m "commit message"
To get more details about the project
git log -p
to see patch file to another commit, we use commit id
git show b09ddf8a0000055f50386f1aa938f4b8a7b43b0c
to get stats about your commits
git log --stat
to see details while adding
git add -p
to see details on last n commit (example of 2)
git log -p -2
File Management
to rename file that is being tracked by git
git mv old_file_name new_file_name
to delete a file use :
git rm file_to_be_delete
to revert change of a file, use :
git checkout file_nameto remove a file from being tracked by git, use :
git reset HEAD file_name
to change the commit msg/ or to overwrite last commit:
git commit --amend
to revert HEAD :
git revert HEAD
to see details on last n commit (example of 2)
git log -p -2
Rebase
Rebase is a way in which you put all commits of a branch and add in on top of another branch ( assuming no conflicts ).
Command, execute this from branch to which is added on top, specify the brach on which in the command
git rebase [branch name to rebase onto]
Stash
to save to stash
git stash save "stash message"
to list stashes
git stash list
to bring back to stash
git stash apply stash@{0}
to remove the top stash
git stash pop
Cherry Pick
To pick one commit from another branch and then place it on top of another branch
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