| "en_natural_language","corresponding_git_command" | |
| "push my changes","git push" | |
| "push the commits to the remote repository","git push" | |
| "upload my local commits to the remote","git push" | |
| "pull the latest changes","git pull" | |
| "get the latest changes from the remote","git pull" | |
| "show the current repository status","git status" | |
| "check which files have changed","git status" | |
| "stage all changed files","git add ." | |
| "add all changes to the staging area","git add ." | |
| "stage the file app.py","git add app.py" | |
| "commit the staged changes with the message fix bug","git commit -m ""fix bug""" | |
| "create a commit with the message update readme","git commit -m ""update readme""" | |
| "show the commit history","git log" | |
| "display recent commits","git log" | |
| "show the differences in unstaged files","git diff" | |
| "show what has changed since the last commit","git diff" | |
| "create a branch named dev","git branch dev" | |
| "make a new branch called feature-login","git branch feature-login" | |
| "switch to the dev branch","git switch dev" | |
| "change to the main branch","git switch main" | |
| "create and switch to a branch named test","git switch -c test" | |
| "merge the dev branch into the current branch","git merge dev" | |
| "merge feature-login into the current branch","git merge feature-login" | |
| "list all local branches","git branch" | |
| "show all branches including remote branches","git branch -a" | |
| "clone the repository from https://github.com/example/project.git","git clone https://github.com/example/project.git" | |
| "remove file.txt from git and the working directory","git rm file.txt" | |
| "rename old.txt to new.txt","git mv old.txt new.txt" | |
| "show the configured remote repositories","git remote -v" | |
| "fetch changes from the remote without merging them","git fetch" | |
| "initialize a new git repository in the current folder","git init" | |
| "start tracking this project with git","git init" | |
| "create a new empty git repository here","git init" | |
| "turn this directory into a git repository","git init" | |
| "set up a fresh git repo","git init" | |
| "create a new git repository in a folder called my-project","git init my-project" | |
| "initialize an empty git repository in the docs directory","git init docs" | |
| "begin version control for this project","git init" | |
| "make this folder a git repository","git init" | |
| "initialize git with the main branch as default","git init -b main" | |
| "initialize a repository whose initial branch is called trunk","git init -b trunk" | |
| "clone the repository at git@github.com:user/repo.git","git clone git@github.com:user/repo.git" | |
| "download a copy of the repo from https://github.com/user/repo.git","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone https://github.com/user/repo.git into a directory named myapp","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git myapp" | |
| "clone https://github.com/user/repo.git to my machine","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone only the most recent commit of https://github.com/user/repo.git","git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "make a shallow clone of the upstream repo at https://github.com/user/repo.git","git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone https://github.com/user/repo.git with all of its submodules","git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone https://github.com/user/repo.git including its submodules","git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone only the main branch of https://github.com/user/repo.git","git clone --single-branch --branch main https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone https://github.com/user/repo.git and check out the develop branch","git clone -b develop https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "get a local copy of https://github.com/user/repo.git","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone the repository from https://github.com/me/repo.git","git clone https://github.com/me/repo.git" | |
| "clone https://github.com/user/repo.git locally","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone git@github.com:user/repo.git over ssh","git clone git@github.com:user/repo.git" | |
| "set my git username to john doe","git config user.name ""john doe""" | |
| "set the commit author name to john doe for this repository","git config user.name ""john doe""" | |
| "set my email address to john@example.com for git commits","git config user.email ""john@example.com""" | |
| "configure john@example.com as the email used in my commits","git config user.email ""john@example.com""" | |
| "set my git identity name to john doe globally","git config --global user.name ""john doe""" | |
| "save john@example.com as my git email in the global config","git config --global user.email ""john@example.com""" | |
| "set the default git editor to vim","git config --global core.editor vim" | |
| "make vim my default git editor for core.editor","git config --global core.editor vim" | |
| "show all git configuration settings","git config --list" | |
| "list my current git configuration","git config --list" | |
| "show the global git config","git config --global --list" | |
| "tell git to use the name john doe for my commits globally","git config --global user.name ""john doe""" | |
| "set the config init.defaultbranch so new repositories default to main","git config --global init.defaultBranch main" | |
| "configure git to remember my credentials with the store helper","git config --global credential.helper store" | |
| "enable git to cache my login credentials","git config --global credential.helper cache" | |
| "set the default push behavior to simple","git config --global push.default simple" | |
| "set core.autocrlf to true so git treats line endings properly on windows","git config --global core.autocrlf true" | |
| "set core.autocrlf to input for linux","git config --global core.autocrlf input" | |
| "set the pull.rebase config to true","git config --global pull.rebase true" | |
| "configure pull.rebase so pulls rebase instead of merge by default","git config --global pull.rebase true" | |
| "open the git configuration file in an editor","git config --global --edit" | |
| "check what my git username is set to","git config user.name" | |
| "show the configured user email","git config user.email" | |
| "add a remote named origin pointing to https://github.com/user/repo.git","git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "connect my local repo to the github remote at https://github.com/user/repo.git","git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "register a new remote called upstream at https://github.com/original/repo.git","git remote add upstream https://github.com/original/repo.git" | |
| "add the original repository as an upstream remote","git remote add upstream https://github.com/original/repo.git" | |
| "show the list of remotes","git remote" | |
| "list the remote repositories connected to this repo","git remote" | |
| "show remotes with their urls","git remote -v" | |
| "display the fetch and push urls of my remotes","git remote -v" | |
| "remove the remote named origin","git remote remove origin" | |
| "delete the origin remote","git remote remove origin" | |
| "delete the remote called upstream","git remote remove upstream" | |
| "change the url of the origin remote to https://github.com/user/newrepo.git","git remote set-url origin https://github.com/user/newrepo.git" | |
| "update the origin remote to point to https://github.com/user/newrepo.git","git remote set-url origin https://github.com/user/newrepo.git" | |
| "rename the remote origin to upstream","git remote rename origin upstream" | |
| "rename a remote repository reference","git remote rename origin upstream" | |
| "show details about the origin remote","git remote show origin" | |
| "check the health of the origin remote","git remote show origin" | |
| "add a second remote named backup at https://github.com/user/backup.git","git remote add backup https://github.com/user/backup.git" | |
| "push my commits to origin","git push" | |
| "send my local commits to the remote repository","git push" | |
| "upload my work to github","git push" | |
| "publish my commits on the remote","git push" | |
| "sync my commits with the remote","git push" | |
| "push the current branch to origin","git push origin" | |
| "push my local branch to the remote","git push origin" | |
| "push the main branch to origin","git push origin main" | |
| "push master to the remote","git push origin master" | |
| "push my feature branch to origin","git push origin feature/login" | |
| "push the branch called bugfix to the remote","git push origin bugfix" | |
| "push the current branch and set upstream tracking","git push -u origin main" | |
| "push and link my branch to origin for the first time","git push -u origin main" | |
| "push the new branch feature/signup and set it to track origin","git push -u origin feature/signup" | |
| "push the develop branch and set upstream tracking","git push -u origin develop" | |
| "push all local branches to the remote","git push --all origin" | |
| "push every branch to origin","git push --all" | |
| "push all my tags to the remote","git push --tags" | |
| "upload my tags to the remote repository","git push --tags" | |
| "push a single tag named v1.0.0","git push origin v1.0.0" | |
| "publish the release tag v1.0.0 on the remote","git push origin v1.0.0" | |
| "force push my branch to origin","git push --force" | |
| "overwrite the remote branch with my local history","git push --force" | |
| "force push to the feature branch","git push --force origin feature/login" | |
| "force push but keep the remote branch safe with a lease","git push --force-with-lease" | |
| "push after rebasing using a safer force push","git push --force-with-lease" | |
| "delete the remote branch called old-feature","git push origin --delete old-feature" | |
| "remove the feature branch from the remote","git push origin --delete feature/old" | |
| "push and delete the obsolete remote branch feature/old","git push origin --delete feature/old" | |
| "push commits to a specific remote called gitlab","git push gitlab main" | |
| "send my commits to the upstream remote","git push upstream main" | |
| "push the current branch to a remote named staging","git push staging" | |
| "pull the newest commits from origin","git pull" | |
| "fetch and merge changes from the remote","git pull" | |
| "update my local branch with remote changes","git pull" | |
| "get the latest code from the remote repository","git pull" | |
| "pull changes from origin main","git pull origin main" | |
| "update the main branch from the remote","git pull origin main" | |
| "pull the latest develop branch","git pull origin develop" | |
| "sync the current branch with origin","git pull origin" | |
| "pull with rebase instead of merge","git pull --rebase" | |
| "rebase my local commits on top of the remote changes","git pull --rebase" | |
| "pull keeping my local commits on top","git pull --rebase origin main" | |
| "pull all remotes and tags","git pull --all" | |
| "pull the upstream remote into my fork","git pull upstream main" | |
| "get updates from the original repo into my local main","git pull upstream main" | |
| "fetch the latest changes from origin","git fetch origin" | |
| "download remote updates without merging","git fetch" | |
| "sync remote branch info without touching my work","git fetch" | |
| "fetch all remotes","git fetch --all" | |
| "download data from every remote","git fetch --all" | |
| "fetch and remove stale remote-tracking branches","git fetch --prune" | |
| "prune deleted remote branches while fetching","git fetch -p" | |
| "fetch the tags from the remote","git fetch --tags" | |
| "fetch only the main branch from origin","git fetch origin main" | |
| "get the remote state of the develop branch","git fetch origin develop" | |
| "fetch the upstream repository","git fetch upstream" | |
| "fetch new commits from the original project","git fetch upstream main" | |
| "fetch all branches and tags from origin","git fetch origin --tags" | |
| "stage the changes in readme.md","git add readme.md" | |
| "add the readme file to staging","git add readme.md" | |
| "track the new file main.js","git add main.js" | |
| "stage the src directory","git add src/" | |
| "add everything in the src folder to the index","git add src/" | |
| "stage all modified and new files","git add ." | |
| "stage everything in the repository","git add ." | |
| "add all files in the current directory","git add ." | |
| "stage the whole project","git add ." | |
| "add all changes across the entire repo","git add -A" | |
| "stage every change including deletions","git add -A" | |
| "stage all modifications anywhere in the repo","git add --all" | |
| "update already tracked files in the staging area","git add -u" | |
| "stage changes to tracked files only","git add -u" | |
| "stage only the updated files","git add --update" | |
| "stage all python files","git add *.py" | |
| "add every javascript file with the .js extension to staging","git add *.js" | |
| "stage the config folder and its files","git add config/" | |
| "interactively choose which changes to stage","git add -i" | |
| "stage parts of a file interactively","git add -p" | |
| "select hunks to stage one by one","git add -p" | |
| "add specific parts of the changes to the index","git add --patch" | |
| "stage the remaining changes interactively","git add -p ." | |
| "stage the deleted file deleted_file.txt","git add deleted_file.txt" | |
| "dry run the staging of all changes","git add -n ." | |
| "preview which files would be staged","git add --dry-run ." | |
| "stage the file tests/test_app.py","git add tests/test_app.py" | |
| "add both index.html and styles.css to staging","git add index.html styles.css" | |
| "stage index.html and styles.css at once","git add index.html styles.css" | |
| "force add an ignored file named secret.key","git add -f secret.key" | |
| "commit with the message add login feature","git commit -m ""add login feature""" | |
| "commit my staged changes with the message add login feature","git commit -m ""add login feature""" | |
| "record the staged changes in history with the message add login feature","git commit -m ""add login feature""" | |
| "create a commit with the message fix crash on startup","git commit -m ""fix crash on startup""" | |
| "commit with a detailed message using the editor","git commit" | |
| "commit the staged changes and write a message in the editor","git commit" | |
| "commit all modified tracked files with the message cleanup code without staging first","git commit -a -m ""cleanup code""" | |
| "commit every tracked change with the message cleanup code","git commit -am ""cleanup code""" | |
| "stage and commit tracked files in one step with the message cleanup code","git commit -am ""cleanup code""" | |
| "amend the last commit message to correct message","git commit --amend -m ""correct message""" | |
| "fix the message of my most recent commit to correct message","git commit --amend -m ""correct message""" | |
| "add the staged file to the previous commit","git commit --amend --no-edit" | |
| "include my last minute change in the previous commit","git commit --amend --no-edit" | |
| "amend the last commit without changing its message","git commit --amend --no-edit" | |
| "commit with the multiline message title and body text","git commit -m ""title"" -m ""body text""" | |
| "create a commit with the title title and the description body text","git commit -m ""title"" -m ""body text""" | |
| "commit only the staged files with the message wip","git commit -m ""wip""" | |
| "sign off the commit with the message add feature","git commit -s -m ""add feature""" | |
| "create a gpg signed commit with the message secure change","git commit -S -m ""secure change""" | |
| "commit with the message quick fix without running the pre commit hooks","git commit -m ""quick fix"" --no-verify" | |
| "commit with the message quick fix and skip the hooks","git commit -m ""quick fix"" --no-verify" | |
| "create an empty commit with the message trigger ci for ci testing","git commit --allow-empty -m ""trigger ci""" | |
| "create an empty commit with the message trigger ci to retrigger the pipeline","git commit --allow-empty -m ""trigger ci""" | |
| "commit the changes with the message janes fix and the author marked as jane","git commit --author=""jane <jane@example.com>"" -m ""janes fix""" | |
| "commit with the message add tests supplied on the command line","git commit -m ""add tests""" | |
| "show the state of the working tree and index","git status" | |
| "what files are modified or staged","git status" | |
| "list the current branch and pending changes","git status" | |
| "give me a short summary of the repository status","git status -s" | |
| "show the status in short format","git status -s" | |
| "show a compact status output","git status --short" | |
| "show status including untracked files","git status -u" | |
| "list every untracked file individually","git status -uall" | |
| "show the status in the default long format","git status" | |
| "check if there is anything to commit","git status" | |
| "see which branch i am on and what changed","git status" | |
| "display modified files ready for commit","git status" | |
| "delete the file config.yml from the repo","git rm config.yml" | |
| "remove obsolete.txt from git and disk","git rm obsolete.txt" | |
| "stop tracking notes.txt and delete it","git rm notes.txt" | |
| "remove secret.env from the index but keep it on disk","git rm --cached secret.env" | |
| "untrack the credentials file secret.env without deleting it locally","git rm --cached secret.env" | |
| "stop tracking temp.log but keep my local copy","git rm --cached temp.log" | |
| "remove the old_folder directory from the repository","git rm -r old_folder/" | |
| "delete the directory build from the repo","git rm -r build/" | |
| "recursively remove the cache directory from git","git rm -r cache/" | |
| "remove all files with the log extension","git rm *.log" | |
| "delete every tracked log file","git rm *.log" | |
| "remove draft.md even if it has local changes","git rm -f draft.md" | |
| "force remove the locked file draft.md from git","git rm -f draft.md" | |
| "move file.txt into the docs folder","git mv file.txt docs/" | |
| "move run.sh into the scripts directory","git mv run.sh scripts/" | |
| "rename component.jsx to button.jsx","git mv component.jsx button.jsx" | |
| "rename the folder utils to helpers","git mv utils helpers" | |
| "move img/logo.png and rename it to assets/brand.png in one step","git mv img/logo.png assets/brand.png" | |
| "change the file name from temp.py to main.py","git mv temp.py main.py" | |
| "create a branch called hotfix","git branch hotfix" | |
| "make a new branch for the release","git branch release/1.2" | |
| "create a feature branch named feature/search","git branch feature/search" | |
| "list my local branches","git branch" | |
| "show all branches in this repository","git branch -a" | |
| "list local and remote branches","git branch -a" | |
| "show only the remote branches","git branch -r" | |
| "list branches on the remote","git branch -r" | |
| "show all branches with their latest commits","git branch -v" | |
| "list branches verbosely with last commit info","git branch -v" | |
| "delete the merged branch called feature-x","git branch -d feature-x" | |
| "delete the merged branch feature-x","git branch -d feature-x" | |
| "delete the branch hotfix regardless of merge status","git branch -D hotfix" | |
| "force delete the unfinished branch experimental","git branch -D experimental" | |
| "rename the current branch to main","git branch -m main" | |
| "rename branch dev to development","git branch -m dev development" | |
| "create a branch named backup at the commit abc1234","git branch backup abc1234" | |
| "create the branch backup from the commit abc1234","git branch backup abc1234" | |
| "create a branch named hotfix from the tag v1.0.0","git branch hotfix v1.0.0" | |
| "show branches merged into the current branch","git branch --merged" | |
| "list branches that are already merged","git branch --merged" | |
| "list branches not yet merged into main","git branch --no-merged main" | |
| "show which branches contain commit abc1234","git branch --contains abc1234" | |
| "set the upstream of the current branch to origin/main","git branch -u origin/main" | |
| "track the origin main branch","git branch -u origin/main" | |
| "create a branch named staging from main","git branch staging main" | |
| "copy the current branch to a branch called backup","git branch backup" | |
| "checkout the branch called release","git checkout release" | |
| "switch my working copy to the main branch","git checkout main" | |
| "move to the develop branch","git checkout develop" | |
| "create a new branch named ui-fix and switch to it","git checkout -b ui-fix" | |
| "start a new branch named ui-fix from the current state","git checkout -b ui-fix" | |
| "create and move to a branch called experiment","git checkout -b experiment" | |
| "create a new branch named hotfix from the main branch","git checkout -b hotfix main" | |
| "create a new branch named feature based on origin/main","git checkout -b feature origin/main" | |
| "restore the file index.html to its last committed state","git checkout -- index.html" | |
| "discard my local changes to styles.css","git checkout -- styles.css" | |
| "revert the unstaged edits in main.py","git checkout -- main.py" | |
| "checkout the file utils.py from the main branch","git checkout main -- utils.py" | |
| "get the version of config.json from main","git checkout main -- config.json" | |
| "restore the deleted file lost_file.txt from the last commit","git checkout -- lost_file.txt" | |
| "detach head onto the commit abc1234","git checkout abc1234" | |
| "check out the code as it was at the commit abc1234","git checkout abc1234" | |
| "checkout the tag v2.0.0","git checkout v2.0.0" | |
| "switch to the code state of the tag v2.0.0","git checkout v2.0.0" | |
| "go back to the previous branch i was on","git checkout -" | |
| "checkout the branch i was last on","git checkout -" | |
| "create a local branch tracking origin release","git checkout -b release origin/release" | |
| "create a local branch release tracking origin/release so i can work on it","git checkout -b release origin/release" | |
| "switch over to the feature branch","git switch feature/login" | |
| "change my current branch to staging","git switch staging" | |
| "jump to the main branch","git switch main" | |
| "create and switch to a branch called bug-123","git switch -c bug-123" | |
| "make a new branch named bug-123 and move to it","git switch -c bug-123" | |
| "create a branch named fix from main and switch to it","git switch -c fix main" | |
| "start a new branch named fix off main and check it out","git switch -c fix main" | |
| "switch to the previous branch","git switch -" | |
| "toggle back to my last checked out branch","git switch -" | |
| "detach head at the commit 9a8b7c6","git switch --detach 9a8b7c6" | |
| "detach head at the older commit 9a8b7c6","git switch --detach 9a8b7c6" | |
| "switch to the remote branch origin develop","git switch --track origin/develop" | |
| "refuse to switch if i have uncommitted changes","git switch main" | |
| "switch branches and discard nothing","git switch main" | |
| "show the commit log","git log" | |
| "view the history of commits","git log" | |
| "list previous commits","git log" | |
| "see the recent commit history","git log" | |
| "show the last 5 commits","git log -5" | |
| "display the five most recent commits","git log -5" | |
| "show the last ten commits","git log -10" | |
| "show only the 3 latest commits","git log -3" | |
| "show the commit history in one line per commit","git log --oneline" | |
| "view a compact commit history","git log --oneline" | |
| "show recent commits in a single line format","git log --oneline" | |
| "show an oneline log of the last 10 commits","git log --oneline -10" | |
| "show commits with a graph of branches","git log --graph" | |
| "visualize the branch history","git log --graph" | |
| "show a decorated graph of all commits","git log --graph --oneline --decorate" | |
| "show the history with branch and tag names","git log --oneline --decorate" | |
| "show commits from only the main branch","git log main" | |
| "view the log of the develop branch","git log develop" | |
| "show commits by the author jane","git log --author=""jane""" | |
| "filter the commit history by the author name jane","git log --author=""jane""" | |
| "show commits made this week","git log --since=""1 week ago""" | |
| "list commits from the last month","git log --since=""1 month ago""" | |
| "show commits until yesterday","git log --until=""yesterday""" | |
| "show only merge commits","git log --merges" | |
| "list all the merge commits in history","git log --merges" | |
| "hide merge commits from the log","git log --no-merges" | |
| "show commits that touched the file app.py","git log -- app.py" | |
| "show the history of the readme file","git log -- readme.md" | |
| "see which commits changed the src folder","git log -- src/" | |
| "show the full diff of each commit","git log -p" | |
| "show the patches introduced by each commit","git log -p" | |
| "show the log with file change statistics","git log --stat" | |
| "display commit summary with changed file counts","git log --stat" | |
| "search commits whose message mentions login","git log --grep=""login""" | |
| "find commits with fix in the message","git log --grep=""fix""" | |
| "show only the most recent single commit","git log -1" | |
| "show the details of the most recent commit","git log -1" | |
| "follow the history of the file config.py across renames","git log --follow -- config.py" | |
| "track changes to config.py across renames","git log --follow -- config.py" | |
| "show log entries with abbreviated hashes","git log --abbrev-commit" | |
| "show all commits across all branches","git log --all" | |
| "view the full history of every branch","git log --all --oneline" | |
| "show the log in reverse order","git log --reverse" | |
| "show commit history from oldest to newest","git log --reverse" | |
| "show uncommitted changes","git diff" | |
| "see what i modified but not staged","git diff" | |
| "show the differences in my working directory","git diff" | |
| "show the staged changes","git diff --staged" | |
| "show what is staged for the next commit","git diff --cached" | |
| "preview the changes i am about to commit","git diff --cached" | |
| "diff the working tree against the last commit","git diff HEAD" | |
| "show all changes compared to head","git diff HEAD" | |
| "compare the two branches main and develop","git diff main develop" | |
| "show what differs between main and my feature branch","git diff main feature/login" | |
| "show changes to the file index.html","git diff index.html" | |
| "see the diff of app.py only","git diff app.py" | |
| "compare app.py between the main and develop branches","git diff main develop -- app.py" | |
| "show only the names of changed files","git diff --name-only" | |
| "list the files that changed","git diff --name-only" | |
| "show changed file names and change stats","git diff --stat" | |
| "summarize the diff with per-file line counts","git diff --stat" | |
| "show the diff of commit abc1234 against its parent","git diff abc1234^ abc1234" | |
| "see what the commit abc1234 changed","git diff abc1234^ abc1234" | |
| "compare my current work with the origin main branch","git diff origin/main" | |
| "show the difference between my branch and origin/main","git diff origin/main" | |
| "show word level differences","git diff --word-diff" | |
| "highlight changes word by word","git diff --word-diff" | |
| "show differences ignoring whitespace","git diff -w" | |
| "diff while ignoring all whitespace changes","git diff --ignore-all-space" | |
| "show the diff between the tags v1.0.0 and v2.0.0","git diff v1.0.0 v2.0.0" | |
| "compare the releases v1.0.0 and v2.0.0","git diff v1.0.0 v2.0.0" | |
| "show binary file diffs","git diff --binary" | |
| "show the details of the last commit","git show" | |
| "display the latest commit with its diff","git show" | |
| "show the commit with hash abc1234","git show abc1234" | |
| "inspect the commit abc1234","git show abc1234" | |
| "show what the tag v1.0.0 points to","git show v1.0.0" | |
| "display the contents of the tag v1.0.0","git show v1.0.0" | |
| "show the changes introduced by head","git show HEAD" | |
| "view the most recent commit patch","git show HEAD" | |
| "show only the file names in the last commit","git show --name-only" | |
| "show the change stats of the commit abc1234","git show --stat abc1234" | |
| "show the commit one before head","git show HEAD~1" | |
| "display the commit right before head, that is head~1","git show HEAD~1" | |
| "show who last changed each line of app.py","git blame app.py" | |
| "annotate app.py with author information","git blame app.py" | |
| "find who wrote each line of utils.py","git blame utils.py" | |
| "blame the readme file line by line","git blame readme.md" | |
| "show line by line history of main.js with emails","git blame -e main.js" | |
| "show the blame of index.html with email addresses","git blame -e index.html" | |
| "blame lines 10 to 20 of app.py","git blame -L 10,20 app.py" | |
| "find the author of lines 10 to 20 in app.py","git blame -L 10,20 app.py" | |
| "blame app.py ignoring whitespace","git blame -w app.py" | |
| "trace app.py lines through file renames","git blame -C app.py" | |
| "summarize commits by author","git shortlog" | |
| "show a per author commit summary","git shortlog" | |
| "list commit counts per contributor","git shortlog -sn" | |
| "rank contributors by number of commits","git shortlog -sn" | |
| "show author commit counts over all branches","git shortlog -sn --all" | |
| "summarize the changelog by author","git shortlog -s" | |
| "describe the current commit using the nearest tag","git describe" | |
| "name this build based on the closest tag","git describe" | |
| "describe the commit with any reachable tag","git describe --tags" | |
| "get a readable name for the current commit","git describe --tags" | |
| "list all files tracked by git","git ls-files" | |
| "show every file under version control","git ls-files" | |
| "list tracked files in the src folder","git ls-files src/" | |
| "show which files are staged in the index","git ls-files --stage" | |
| "merge the feature branch into main","git merge feature/login" | |
| "combine the hotfix branch with the current branch","git merge hotfix" | |
| "integrate the dev branch into my branch","git merge dev" | |
| "merge main into my feature branch","git merge main" | |
| "merge feature/login with the commit message merge login feature","git merge feature/login -m ""merge login feature""" | |
| "merge feature/login creating a merge commit even if fast forward is possible","git merge --no-ff feature/login" | |
| "force a merge commit for the feature branch","git merge --no-ff feature/login" | |
| "merge feature/login only if it can be fast forwarded","git merge --ff-only feature/login" | |
| "merge feature/login only when a fast forward is possible","git merge --ff-only feature/login" | |
| "fast forward the current branch to main","git merge --ff-only main" | |
| "abort a merge in progress and go back to the pre merge state","git merge --abort" | |
| "cancel the conflicted merge","git merge --abort" | |
| "stop merging and undo the conflict resolution","git merge --abort" | |
| "continue the merge after resolving conflicts","git merge --continue" | |
| "squash the feature branch into one commit on main","git merge --squash feature/login" | |
| "squash merge the branch feature/search into one commit","git merge --squash feature/search" | |
| "mark all conflicted files as resolved after fixing them","git add ." | |
| "stage the resolved files after fixing the conflicts","git add ." | |
| "rebase my branch onto main","git rebase main" | |
| "replay my commits on top of the latest main","git rebase main" | |
| "rebase the feature branch onto develop","git rebase develop feature/login" | |
| "rebase interactively on the last 3 commits","git rebase -i HEAD~3" | |
| "clean up my last three commits with an interactive rebase","git rebase -i HEAD~3" | |
| "edit my last five commits interactively","git rebase -i HEAD~5" | |
| "squash my last two commits interactively","git rebase -i HEAD~2" | |
| "rebase onto origin main","git rebase origin/main" | |
| "put my work on top of the remote main","git rebase origin/main" | |
| "continue the rebase after resolving conflicts","git rebase --continue" | |
| "resume the rebase once conflicts are fixed","git rebase --continue" | |
| "abort the rebase and restore the original branch","git rebase --abort" | |
| "cancel the rebase in progress","git rebase --abort" | |
| "skip the current commit during rebase","git rebase --skip" | |
| "skip this problematic commit and keep rebasing","git rebase --skip" | |
| "rebase without automatically stashing changes","git rebase --autostash main" | |
| "rebase the last 10 commits interactively","git rebase -i HEAD~10" | |
| "reword the message of one of my last four commits with an interactive rebase","git rebase -i HEAD~4" | |
| "cherry-pick the commit abc1234","git cherry-pick abc1234" | |
| "cherry-pick the commit abc1234 onto my branch","git cherry-pick abc1234" | |
| "copy the commit abc1234 onto this branch","git cherry-pick abc1234" | |
| "cherry-pick the last commit from main","git cherry-pick main" | |
| "pick the most recent commit of main into my branch","git cherry-pick main" | |
| "apply the commits abc1234 and def5678 in sequence","git cherry-pick abc1234 def5678" | |
| "cherry-pick the commits abc1234 and def5678 onto my branch","git cherry-pick abc1234 def5678" | |
| "cherry-pick the commit abc1234 without committing it","git cherry-pick -n abc1234" | |
| "apply only the changes of the commit abc1234 to the working tree","git cherry-pick --no-commit abc1234" | |
| "continue the cherry-pick after resolving conflicts","git cherry-pick --continue" | |
| "abort the cherry-pick operation","git cherry-pick --abort" | |
| "cancel the current cherry-pick","git cherry-pick --abort" | |
| "cherry-pick the range of commits from abc1234 to def5678","git cherry-pick abc1234^..def5678" | |
| "take the commits from abc1234 to def5678 and apply them here","git cherry-pick abc1234^..def5678" | |
| "revert the last commit","git revert HEAD" | |
| "undo the most recent commit with a new commit","git revert HEAD" | |
| "revert the commit abc1234","git revert abc1234" | |
| "reverse the changes made by the commit abc1234","git revert abc1234" | |
| "undo the changes from the commit abc1234","git revert abc1234" | |
| "revert the commits head~1 through head","git revert HEAD~1..HEAD" | |
| "revert the merge commit abc1234 keeping the mainline parent","git revert -m 1 abc1234" | |
| "undo the merge commit abc1234 keeping the mainline history","git revert -m 1 abc1234" | |
| "revert without opening the editor","git revert --no-edit HEAD" | |
| "revert the previous commit without editing the message","git revert --no-edit HEAD" | |
| "revert the commits abc1234 and def5678 at once","git revert abc1234 def5678" | |
| "revert my last commit but keep the changes staged","git revert -n HEAD" | |
| "unstage the file app.py","git reset app.py" | |
| "remove readme.md from the staging area","git reset readme.md" | |
| "unstage all files from the index","git reset" | |
| "reset the index to the last commit without touching my files","git reset" | |
| "reset the index to the head commit","git reset HEAD" | |
| "unstage all the files i added to the index","git reset HEAD" | |
| "hard reset to the last commit discarding all changes","git reset --hard" | |
| "throw away all my local changes","git reset --hard" | |
| "reset my working directory to match head","git reset --hard HEAD" | |
| "reset the branch to origin main","git reset --hard origin/main" | |
| "make my branch exactly match the remote main","git reset --hard origin/main" | |
| "discard everything and reset my branch to origin/main","git reset --hard origin/main" | |
| "reset the branch back two commits keeping the changes in the working tree","git reset HEAD~2" | |
| "undo the last commit keeping the files in the working tree","git reset HEAD~1" | |
| "soft reset the last commit keeping the changes staged","git reset --soft HEAD~1" | |
| "undo the last commit keeping everything staged","git reset --soft HEAD~1" | |
| "soft reset the last commit so i can redo it","git reset --soft HEAD~1" | |
| "mixed reset to the commit two before head","git reset HEAD~2" | |
| "hard reset the branch to the commit abc1234","git reset --hard abc1234" | |
| "roll the branch back to the old commit abc1234 completely","git reset --hard abc1234" | |
| "unstage config.py which i just added","git reset HEAD -- config.py" | |
| "reset only the index for the tests folder","git reset -- tests/" | |
| "restore app.py to its last committed version","git restore app.py" | |
| "discard my edits to index.html","git restore index.html" | |
| "throw away the local changes in styles.css","git restore styles.css" | |
| "undo modifications in the working tree","git restore ." | |
| "revert all unstaged changes","git restore ." | |
| "unstage the file main.py","git restore --staged main.py" | |
| "remove utils.js from the staging area","git restore --staged utils.js" | |
| "unstage all files","git restore --staged ." | |
| "clear the entire staging area","git restore --staged ." | |
| "restore app.py from the main branch","git restore --source main app.py" | |
| "get the main branch version of app.py back","git restore --source main app.py" | |
| "restore app.py from two commits ago","git restore --source HEAD~2 app.py" | |
| "restore both staged and unstaged changes to readme","git restore --staged --worktree readme.md" | |
| "stash my current changes","git stash" | |
| "save my uncommitted work temporarily in a stash","git stash" | |
| "put my uncommitted changes away for now in a stash","git stash" | |
| "shelve my current modifications in a stash","git stash push" | |
| "stash my changes with the description work in progress on login","git stash push -m ""work in progress on login""" | |
| "save my work in progress in a stash with the message work in progress on login","git stash push -m ""work in progress on login""" | |
| "stash including untracked files","git stash -u" | |
| "stash even the new files not yet tracked","git stash -u" | |
| "stash all changes including ignored files","git stash -a" | |
| "stash only the staged changes","git stash --staged" | |
| "list my stashes","git stash list" | |
| "show all my saved stashes","git stash list" | |
| "show the contents of the latest stash as a diff","git stash show" | |
| "show what is inside the most recent stash as a patch","git stash show -p" | |
| "show the full diff of the top stash","git stash show -p" | |
| "apply the latest stash without removing it from the stash list","git stash apply" | |
| "bring back my stashed changes","git stash apply" | |
| "restore the last stashed work without removing it from the stash","git stash apply" | |
| "apply the stash at position stash@{1} in the list","git stash apply stash@{1}" | |
| "pop the latest stash","git stash pop" | |
| "restore my stashed changes and delete the stash entry in one step","git stash pop" | |
| "apply and remove the top stash entry in one step","git stash pop" | |
| "pop the stash saved at stash@{2}","git stash pop stash@{2}" | |
| "drop the latest stash","git stash drop" | |
| "delete the most recent stash entry from the stash list","git stash drop" | |
| "drop the stash entry stash@{1}","git stash drop stash@{1}" | |
| "clear all my stashes","git stash clear" | |
| "delete all my saved stashes","git stash clear" | |
| "create a branch named fix-branch from my stash","git stash branch fix-branch" | |
| "tag the current commit as v1.0.0","git tag v1.0.0" | |
| "create the tag v1.0.0 for this release","git tag v1.0.0" | |
| "mark this point in history with the tag v1.0.0","git tag v1.0.0" | |
| "create an annotated tag v2.0.0 with the message release version 2","git tag -a v2.0.0 -m ""release version 2""" | |
| "make a signed annotated tag v2.0.0 with the message release version 2","git tag -a v2.0.0 -m ""release version 2""" | |
| "tag the commit abc1234 as v0.9.0","git tag v0.9.0 abc1234" | |
| "tag the older commit abc1234 as v0.9.0","git tag v0.9.0 abc1234" | |
| "list all tags","git tag" | |
| "show the tags in this repository","git tag" | |
| "list tags matching the pattern v1*","git tag -l ""v1*""" | |
| "show all tags starting with v1","git tag -l ""v1*""" | |
| "delete the tag v1.0.0","git tag -d v1.0.0" | |
| "delete the local tag v1.0.0","git tag -d v1.0.0" | |
| "delete the tag v1.0.0 on the remote","git push origin --delete v1.0.0" | |
| "remove the release tag v1.0.0 from origin","git push origin --delete v1.0.0" | |
| "push my new tag v1.0.0 to the remote","git push origin v1.0.0" | |
| "show the details and annotation of the tag v1.0.0","git show v1.0.0" | |
| "remove untracked files","git clean -f" | |
| "delete the new files not under version control","git clean -f" | |
| "clean untracked files from the working tree","git clean -f" | |
| "remove untracked files and directories","git clean -fd" | |
| "delete untracked folders too","git clean -fd" | |
| "clean the working tree of all untracked content","git clean -fd" | |
| "remove untracked files including ignored ones","git clean -fdx" | |
| "wipe all build artifacts and ignored files","git clean -fdx" | |
| "do a deep clean including gitignored files","git clean -fdx" | |
| "show what would be removed without deleting","git clean -nd" | |
| "dry run the clean command","git clean -nd" | |
| "preview which untracked files would be deleted","git clean -n" | |
| "remove only the ignored files","git clean -fX" | |
| "clean only the build output directory","git clean -f build/" | |
| "show the reference log","git reflog" | |
| "show the history of head movements","git reflog" | |
| "list my recent head positions to find a lost commit","git reflog" | |
| "show the reflog of the main branch","git reflog main" | |
| "view the reflog entries for the current branch","git reflog show" | |
| "recover a lost commit by hard resetting to its reflog entry","git reset --hard HEAD@{2}" | |
| "search for the word todo in tracked files","git grep ""todo""" | |
| "find occurrences of login in the repository","git grep ""login""" | |
| "grep the codebase for the function name parse_config","git grep ""parse_config""" | |
| "search for the word import only in python files","git grep ""import"" -- ""*.py""" | |
| "search the code for config in the src folder","git grep ""config"" -- src/" | |
| "grep for the word function showing line numbers","git grep -n ""function""" | |
| "count the matches of the word error per file","git grep -c ""error""" | |
| "search case insensitively for the keyword warning","git grep -i ""warning""" | |
| "search for the word feature in the code at the tag v1.0.0","git grep ""feature"" v1.0.0" | |
| "start a bisect session to find a bug","git bisect start" | |
| "begin binary searching for the bad commit","git bisect start" | |
| "mark the current commit as bad in bisect","git bisect bad" | |
| "tell git the current commit is broken","git bisect bad" | |
| "mark commit abc1234 as the bad commit","git bisect bad abc1234" | |
| "mark the current commit as good","git bisect good" | |
| "say this version works fine during bisect","git bisect good" | |
| "mark commit abc1234 as the last known good commit","git bisect good abc1234" | |
| "end the bisect session","git bisect reset" | |
| "finish bisecting and return to my branch","git bisect reset" | |
| "skip this commit during bisect","git bisect skip" | |
| "let the script test.sh decide good or bad commits automatically","git bisect run test.sh" | |
| "create a worktree for the hotfix branch","git worktree add ../hotfix-wt hotfix" | |
| "check out the hotfix branch in a separate worktree folder","git worktree add ../hotfix-wt hotfix" | |
| "check out feature/login in another directory to work on two branches at once","git worktree add ../feature-wt feature/login" | |
| "list all my worktrees","git worktree list" | |
| "show the active working trees","git worktree list" | |
| "remove the worktree at ../hotfix-wt","git worktree remove ../hotfix-wt" | |
| "remove the worktree at the hotfix directory registration","git worktree remove ../hotfix-wt" | |
| "prune stale worktree references","git worktree prune" | |
| "create a bundle file repo.bundle with the whole repository","git bundle create repo.bundle --all" | |
| "pack the repo with its history into the bundle file repo.bundle","git bundle create repo.bundle --all" | |
| "create a bundle of only the main branch in main.bundle","git bundle create main.bundle main" | |
| "clone the repository from the bundle file repo.bundle","git clone repo.bundle" | |
| "verify that the bundle file repo.bundle is valid","git bundle verify repo.bundle" | |
| "add the library repo https://github.com/user/lib.git as a submodule","git submodule add https://github.com/user/lib.git libs/lib" | |
| "include the repository https://github.com/user/lib.git as a submodule at libs/lib","git submodule add https://github.com/user/lib.git libs/lib" | |
| "initialize the submodules after cloning","git submodule init" | |
| "set up the local submodule configuration","git submodule init" | |
| "fetch and check out all submodules","git submodule update" | |
| "update the submodules to their recorded commits","git submodule update" | |
| "initialize and update all submodules in one step","git submodule update --init --recursive" | |
| "clone and pull all nested submodules","git submodule update --init --recursive" | |
| "list the submodules of this project","git submodule status" | |
| "show submodule states and commits","git submodule status" | |
| "update the submodule to its latest commit","git submodule update --remote" | |
| "export the current code as a zip archive named project.zip","git archive --format=zip -o project.zip HEAD" | |
| "create a zip of the project at head","git archive --format=zip -o project.zip HEAD" | |
| "create a tarball named main.tar of the main branch","git archive --format=tar -o main.tar main" | |
| "export the tag v1.0.0 as the tar.gz file release.tar.gz","git archive --format=tar.gz -o release.tar.gz v1.0.0" | |
| "pack the release v1.0.0 into the tar.gz archive release.tar.gz","git archive --format=tar.gz -o release.tar.gz v1.0.0" | |
| "create patch files from the last 3 commits","git format-patch -3" | |
| "generate patches for my recent commits","git format-patch -3" | |
| "create a patch file for the last commit","git format-patch -1 HEAD" | |
| "export commits as email ready patches","git format-patch origin/main" | |
| "make patches for all commits not on main","git format-patch origin/main" | |
| "apply the patch file fix.patch to my branch","git am fix.patch" | |
| "apply the emailed patch file fix.patch","git am fix.patch" | |
| "apply the patch file changes.patch without committing","git apply changes.patch" | |
| "check whether the patch file changes.patch applies cleanly","git apply --check changes.patch" | |
| "create a diff file of my changes","git diff > changes.patch" | |
| "save my uncommitted diff as the patch file changes.patch","git diff > changes.patch" | |
| "garbage collect loose objects","git gc" | |
| "clean up and optimize the repository","git gc" | |
| "compress the repo and prune unneeded objects","git gc --prune=now" | |
| "aggressively optimize the repository","git gc --aggressive" | |
| "run a deep repository cleanup","git gc --aggressive --prune=now" | |
| "show repository disk usage statistics","git count-objects -vH" | |
| "check the repository for corruption","git fsck" | |
| "verify the integrity of the object store","git fsck --full" | |
| "add the note reviewed by team to the last commit","git notes add -m ""reviewed by team""" | |
| "attach the note reviewed by team to the commit abc1234","git notes add -m ""reviewed by team"" abc1234" | |
| "show the notes on commits","git notes list" | |
| "remove the note from the commit abc1234","git notes remove abc1234" | |
| "show the git help manual","git help" | |
| "open help for the commit command","git help commit" | |
| "show help for the rebase command","git help rebase" | |
| "list available git commands","git help -a" | |
| "show a short summary of common git commands","git help -g" | |
| "show the git version","git --version" | |
| "check which git version is installed","git --version" | |
| "list what changed in each commit briefly","git whatchanged" | |
| "create the alias st for the status command","git config --global alias.st status" | |
| "make the alias st a shortcut for git status","git config --global alias.st status" | |
| "set up the alias co for the checkout command","git config --global alias.co checkout" | |
| "create the alias lol for the log oneline command","git config --global alias.lol ""log --oneline""" | |
| "unset the alias st in the global config","git config --global --unset alias.st" | |
| "create local tracking branches for all remote branches","git branch -r | grep -v '\->' | while read remote; do git branch --track ""${remote#origin/}"" ""$remote""; done" | |
| "stage the fix and amend it into the last commit","git commit --amend --no-edit" | |
| "see the changes i staged side by side","git diff --staged" | |
| "show the diff of my branch against main up to the merge base","git diff main...HEAD" | |
| "show the commits in main that are missing from my branch","git log HEAD..main --oneline" | |
| "list commits on my branch missing from main","git log main..HEAD --oneline" | |
| "show the commits ahead of origin/main","git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline" | |
| "delete the local reference to a removed remote branch","git remote prune origin" | |
| "prune references to branches deleted on the remote","git remote prune origin" | |
| "rename the master branch to main","git branch -m master main" | |
| "push the renamed main branch to origin","git push -u origin main" | |
| "point the origin remote at my new fork https://github.com/me/fork.git","git remote set-url origin https://github.com/me/fork.git" | |
| "see the url of the origin remote","git remote get-url origin" | |
| "print the url of the remote named origin","git remote get-url origin" | |
| "fetch pull request 42 as the local branch pr-42 and check it out","git fetch origin pull/42/head:pr-42 && git checkout pr-42" | |
| "fetch the pull request 42 ref into pr-42 for review","git fetch origin pull/42/head:pr-42 && git checkout pr-42" | |
| "soft reset to the merge base with main and commit everything as one","git reset --soft $(git merge-base main HEAD)" | |
| "find the common ancestor of main and feature/login","git merge-base main feature/login" | |
| "show the merge base of main and feature/login","git merge-base main feature/login" | |
| "start an orphan branch named gh-pages with no history","git checkout --orphan gh-pages" | |
| "create the orphan branch gh-pages for the docs site","git checkout --orphan gh-pages" | |
| "list all files changed in the last commit","git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r HEAD" | |
| "show the tree of the latest commit","git ls-tree HEAD" | |
| "list the files in the commit abc1234 snapshot","git ls-tree -r abc1234 --name-only" | |
| "find which commit deleted the string old_function","git log -S ""old_function"" --oneline" | |
| "search history for when the string old_function was added or removed","git log -S ""old_function"" --oneline" | |
| "show when new_feature was introduced in app.py with pickaxe","git log -S ""new_feature"" -- app.py" | |
| "see the branches sorted by most recent commit date with short ref names","git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%(refname:short)'" | |
| "check whether node_modules and secret.env are ignored by git","git check-ignore -v node_modules/ secret.env" | |
| "explain why secret.env is being ignored","git check-ignore -v secret.env" | |
| "update the index from the working tree","git update-index --refresh" | |
| "mark the file config.local as assume unchanged locally","git update-index --assume-unchanged config.local" | |
| "temporarily hide local changes to the tracked file config.local","git update-index --assume-unchanged config.local" | |
| "show the commit log with dates relative to now","git log --date=relative --oneline" | |
| "show the log with author names and relative dates in the format hash author date subject","git log --pretty=format:""%h %an %ar %s""" | |
| "format the log output as hash author and subject","git log --pretty=format:""%h %an %s""" | |
| "view the history formatted as hash date author subject with short dates","git log --pretty=format:""%h %ad %an %s"" --date=short" | |
| "show the full hash of head","git rev-parse HEAD" | |
| "get the commit id of the current head","git rev-parse HEAD" | |
| "print the abbreviated hash of head","git rev-parse --short HEAD" | |
| "show the root directory of the repository","git rev-parse --show-toplevel" | |
| "find the top level folder of this repo","git rev-parse --show-toplevel" | |
| "verify that abc1234 resolves to a valid commit object","git rev-parse --verify abc1234^{commit}" | |
| "show the current branch name","git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD" | |
| "print the name of the branch i am on","git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD" | |
| "check whether i am inside a git repository","git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree" | |
| "show the type of the object abc1234","git cat-file -t abc1234" | |
| "print the contents of the commit object abc1234","git cat-file -p abc1234" | |
| "show the raw content of readme.md from head","git cat-file -p HEAD:readme.md" | |
| "display readme.md as stored in the last commit","git cat-file -p HEAD:readme.md" | |
| "show the size of the git object abc1234","git cat-file -s abc1234" | |
| "find commits in feature/login not yet applied to main","git cherry -v main feature/login" | |
| "show which commits of feature/login are missing from main","git cherry -v main" | |
| "list the patches of feature/login that are not in main","git cherry main feature/login" | |
| "compare the patch series main...feature/login against origin/main...feature/login","git range-diff main...feature/login origin/main...feature/login" | |
| "range diff origin/main...main against origin/main...head to see how my rebased branch changed","git range-diff origin/main...main origin/main...HEAD" | |
| "range diff the commit ranges abc1234..def5678 and abc1234..head","git range-diff abc1234..def5678 abc1234..HEAD" | |
| "enable the rerere feature to reuse recorded conflict resolutions","git config --global rerere.enabled true" | |
| "enable rerere so git remembers my conflict fixes","git config --global rerere.enabled true" | |
| "show the status of my recorded rerere conflict resolutions","git rerere status" | |
| "show the diff of the rerere cache","git rerere diff" | |
| "forget the recorded resolution for the current conflict","git rerere forget" | |
| "enable sparse checkout for this repository","git sparse-checkout init" | |
| "only check out part of the repository","git sparse-checkout init" | |
| "limit the working tree to the src folder","git sparse-checkout set src/" | |
| "keep only the docs directory in my working copy","git sparse-checkout set docs/" | |
| "show the current sparse checkout patterns","git sparse-checkout list" | |
| "disable sparse checkout and restore all files","git sparse-checkout disable" | |
| "register this repository for background maintenance","git maintenance start" | |
| "let git optimize this repo in the background","git maintenance start" | |
| "stop background maintenance for this repository","git maintenance stop" | |
| "run a single maintenance task now","git maintenance run --task=gc" | |
| "show which branch head points to","git symbolic-ref HEAD" | |
| "read the current head reference","git symbolic-ref HEAD" | |
| "set the default branch of a bare repository to main","git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/main" | |
| "verify the signature of the last commit","git verify-commit HEAD" | |
| "check that a commit is properly signed","git verify-commit abc1234" | |
| "verify the signature of the tag v1.0.0","git verify-tag v1.0.0" | |
| "check the gpg signature on the release tag v1.0.0","git verify-tag v1.0.0" | |
| "show the git var git author ident","git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT" | |
| "show the git committer ident var git will use","git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT" | |
| "find dangling commits in the repository","git fsck --lost-found" | |
| "look for lost commits after a hard reset","git fsck --lost-found" | |
| "create the branch recover-branch at the dangling commit abc1234","git branch recover-branch abc1234" | |
| "blame app.py with detection of moved lines","git blame -M app.py" | |
| "blame app.py ignoring line moves and copies","git blame -M -C app.py" | |
| "blame app.py as it was in the tag v1.0.0","git blame v1.0.0 -- app.py" | |
| "show the blame of main.js lines 5 to 15","git blame -L 5,15 main.js" | |
| "show each commit with its full message format","git log --format=full" | |
| "show the log with the status of files changed per commit","git log --name-status" | |
| "list which files were added, modified or deleted in each commit","git log --name-status" | |
| "show the commits between the tags v1.0.0 and v2.0.0","git log v1.0.0..v2.0.0 --oneline" | |
| "list the commits released between v1.0.0 and v2.0.0","git log v1.0.0..v2.0.0 --oneline" | |
| "show the log of my current branch only","git log --first-parent main" | |
| "show only the merge history of main","git log --first-parent main" | |
| "show local commits that are not on any remote branch","git log --branches --not --remotes --oneline" | |
| "show commit history excluding commits authored by me","git log --not --author=""me"" --oneline" | |
| "find commits that touched the function parse_config in parser.py","git log -L :parse_config:parser.py" | |
| "show the evolution of parse_config in parser.py over time","git log -L :parse_config:parser.py" | |
| "show the diff with ten lines of context","git diff -U10" | |
| "diff with ten unified context lines","git diff -U10" | |
| "diff the index against the commit abc1234","git diff --cached abc1234" | |
| "compare the working tree with the commit abc1234","git diff abc1234" | |
| "show only whether files differ not the content","git diff --name-status main" | |
| "diff ignoring carriage return differences","git diff --ignore-cr-at-eol" | |
| "show per word changes in plain word diff mode","git diff --word-diff=plain" | |
| "show added and removed line counts per file for tooling","git diff --numstat" | |
| "show added and removed line counts per file","git diff --numstat" | |
| "create the branch release/2.0 and immediately push it","git branch release/2.0 && git push -u origin release/2.0" | |
| "list branches sorted by the most recent committer date","git branch --sort=-committerdate" | |
| "show my branches sorted newest first by committer date","git branch --sort=-committerdate" | |
| "list remote branches of origin only","git branch -r --list 'origin/*'" | |
| "show all branches containing the commit abc1234","git branch --contains abc1234" | |
| "delete the merged local branches old-fix, cleanup-tmp and demo","git branch -d old-fix cleanup-tmp demo" | |
| "set the upstream of main to origin main","git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main" | |
| "stop tracking the remote branch","git branch --unset-upstream" | |
| "show only the origin of my configuration values","git config --show-origin --list" | |
| "list config values together with their source files","git config --show-origin --list" | |
| "set init.defaultbranch so new repos default to develop","git config --global init.defaultBranch develop" | |
| "make git push only the current branch","git config --global push.default current" | |
| "configure git to fetch tags automatically","git config --global tag.followTags true" | |
| "set the pull.ff config to only","git config pull.ff only" | |
| "enable the pager for git diff output in the config","git config --global pager.diff true" | |
| "set the diff.algorithm config to histogram","git config --global diff.algorithm histogram" | |
| "set the diff algorithm config to histogram","git config --global diff.algorithm histogram" | |
| "set the diff.tool config to vscode","git config --global diff.tool vscode" | |
| "set the merge.tool config to vscode","git config --global merge.tool vscode" | |
| "remove the user email from the local config","git config --unset user.email" | |
| "show the color.status config value","git config --get color.status" | |
| "set color.ui to auto for colored terminal output","git config --global color.ui auto" | |
| "push my current branch upstream to origin with tracking","git push -u origin HEAD" | |
| "push the current branch to origin and set upstream tracking","git push -u origin HEAD" | |
| "upload the feature branch to the remote","git push origin feature/login" | |
| "put my commits on the server","git push" | |
| "send my work to the remote repo","git push" | |
| "push my latest changes","git push" | |
| "push everything to the remote","git push --all" | |
| "publish this release tag v1.0.0","git push origin v1.0.0" | |
| "push all of my local tags upstream","git push --tags" | |
| "remove the remote branch feature/old that i deleted locally","git push origin --delete feature/old" | |
| "force the remote branch to match my local one","git push --force-with-lease" | |
| "grab the latest changes from the repo","git pull" | |
| "get the newest code from origin","git pull" | |
| "update my code with the remote","git pull" | |
| "pull down the latest main","git pull origin main" | |
| "bring my branch up to date with origin","git pull" | |
| "rebase my work onto the remote branch","git pull --rebase" | |
| "what is the current git status","git status" | |
| "show me what changed","git status" | |
| "show pending changes","git status" | |
| "which files are ready to commit","git status" | |
| "give me the working tree state","git status" | |
| "show a brief status","git status -sb" | |
| "stage my changes","git add ." | |
| "add the new file newfile.py to git","git add newfile.py" | |
| "put these changes in the staging area","git add ." | |
| "commit my work with the message work in progress","git commit -m ""work in progress""" | |
| "commit a checkpoint of my changes with the message save progress","git commit -m ""save progress""" | |
| "commit the staged files with the message update feature","git commit -m ""update feature""" | |
| "amend my last commit message to fixed message","git commit --amend -m ""fixed message""" | |
| "add these files to the previous commit","git commit --amend --no-edit" | |
| "commit all current changes directly with the message update all","git commit -am ""update all""" | |
| "make a commit with the message refactor tests","git commit -m ""refactor tests""" | |
| "show me the git history","git log" | |
| "view past commits","git log" | |
| "display the commit timeline","git log" | |
| "show only the last one commit","git log -1" | |
| "show the last 20 commits","git log -20" | |
| "show history as a graph","git log --graph --oneline" | |
| "what did i change","git diff" | |
| "show my uncommitted modifications","git diff" | |
| "show what is in the staging area","git diff --staged" | |
| "diff my branch with main","git diff main" | |
| "compare the working tree to head","git diff HEAD" | |
| "list files changed between main and develop","git diff --name-only main develop" | |
| "show me who wrote each line of app.py","git blame app.py" | |
| "show who last touched each line of app.py","git blame app.py" | |
| "make a branch called testing","git branch testing" | |
| "create branch feature-x","git branch feature-x" | |
| "switch to branch feature-x","git switch feature-x" | |
| "go to the main branch","git switch main" | |
| "head over to the develop branch","git checkout develop" | |
| "check out main","git checkout main" | |
| "create a new branch and switch to it","git switch -c new-branch" | |
| "start working on a branch called feature-ui","git switch -c feature-ui" | |
| "delete the local branch called demo","git branch -d demo" | |
| "force delete the branch demo even if not merged","git branch -D demo" | |
| "list all the branches","git branch -a" | |
| "show me local branches only","git branch" | |
| "rename my current branch to new-name","git branch -m new-name" | |
| "merge main into this branch","git merge main" | |
| "bring the changes from dev into here","git merge dev" | |
| "merge my feature branch","git merge feature/login" | |
| "squash merge the feature branch","git merge --squash feature/login" | |
| "rebase my branch on the latest main","git rebase main" | |
| "rebase my last five commits interactively to clean them up","git rebase -i HEAD~5" | |
| "continue the ongoing rebase","git rebase --continue" | |
| "abort this rebase","git rebase --abort" | |
| "cancel the merge","git merge --abort" | |
| "save my changes to the stash","git stash" | |
| "put my work aside for a moment","git stash" | |
| "temporarily hide my changes","git stash" | |
| "show my stashes","git stash list" | |
| "get my stashed changes back and remove them from the stash list","git stash pop" | |
| "apply the last stash without dropping it","git stash apply" | |
| "clear my stash list","git stash clear" | |
| "include new files in the stash","git stash -u" | |
| "create the annotated release tag v1.0.0 with the message version 1.0.0","git tag -a v1.0.0 -m ""version 1.0.0""" | |
| "tag this commit as v2.1","git tag v2.1" | |
| "show me all the tags","git tag" | |
| "remove the tag v0.5","git tag -d v0.5" | |
| "push the tag v1.0.0 to origin","git push origin v1.0.0" | |
| "undo my last commit","git reset --soft HEAD~1" | |
| "take back the last commit","git reset --soft HEAD~1" | |
| "discard all my local modifications","git reset --hard" | |
| "reset everything to the last commit","git reset --hard HEAD" | |
| "unstage that file","git restore --staged file.py" | |
| "remove everything from the staging area","git reset" | |
| "revert the broken commit abc1234","git revert abc1234" | |
| "undo the changes of the last commit","git revert HEAD" | |
| "restore app.py to how it was before","git restore app.py" | |
| "throw away my changes in app.py","git restore app.py" | |
| "show my remotes","git remote -v" | |
| "list remotes with urls","git remote -v" | |
| "add a new remote origin with the url https://github.com/user/repo.git","git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "remove a remote","git remote remove origin" | |
| "fetch from origin","git fetch origin" | |
| "download the remote branches","git fetch" | |
| "clean up deleted remote branches locally","git fetch --prune" | |
| "clone the repository from https://github.com/user/repo.git","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "download the repository https://github.com/user/repo.git to my computer","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "clone https://github.com/user/repo.git into the folder myfolder","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git myfolder" | |
| "get a shallow clone of https://github.com/user/repo.git","git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "set my name to john doe in git","git config --global user.name ""john doe""" | |
| "set my email to john@example.com in git","git config --global user.email ""john@example.com""" | |
| "check my git settings","git config --list" | |
| "show git version info","git --version" | |
| "pick the commit abc1234 into my branch","git cherry-pick abc1234" | |
| "apply the single commit abc1234 from another branch","git cherry-pick abc1234" | |
| "take this one fix from main","git cherry-pick main" | |
| "abort the cherry pick","git cherry-pick --abort" | |
| "delete the file file.txt from the repository","git rm file.txt" | |
| "remove a file from version control","git rm file.txt" | |
| "untrack the file but keep it","git rm --cached file.txt" | |
| "move the file file.txt into the src folder","git mv file.txt src/" | |
| "rename the file old.txt to new.txt in git","git mv old.txt new.txt" | |
| "delete all untracked files","git clean -fd" | |
| "remove untracked directories","git clean -fd" | |
| "clean build artifacts","git clean -fdx" | |
| "open a second working directory at ../wt for the branch feature/login","git worktree add ../wt feature/login" | |
| "show my worktrees","git worktree list" | |
| "find the commit that introduced a bug","git bisect start" | |
| "search history for the broken commit","git bisect start" | |
| "mark this commit as bad","git bisect bad" | |
| "mark this commit as working","git bisect good" | |
| "show where head has been recently","git reflog" | |
| "help me find a lost commit","git reflog" | |
| "amend my last commit message to say corrected message","git commit --amend -m ""corrected message""" | |
| "add the forgotten file to my last commit without changing its message","git commit --amend --no-edit" | |
| "undo my last commit but keep the code with a soft reset","git reset --soft HEAD~1" | |
| "i messed up my working directory start over","git reset --hard HEAD" | |
| "my local branch is wrong make it match origin","git reset --hard origin/main" | |
| "i accidentally committed to main, move the commit to a branch named feature/moved","git branch feature/moved && git reset --hard HEAD~1 && git switch feature/moved" | |
| "start a new branch named experiment without touching main","git switch -c experiment" | |
| "i need to test something on another branch but my work is not done","git stash" | |
| "pop my stashed work now that i am back from testing","git stash pop" | |
| "start a bisect to find a bug introduced somewhere in the last 50 commits","git bisect start" | |
| "i deleted a branch by accident","git reflog" | |
| "my terminal says there are conflicts what do i do","git status" | |
| "abort the merge because the conflicts are too messy","git merge --abort" | |
| "finish the merge after i resolved the conflicts","git merge --continue" | |
| "push my current branch to origin with upstream tracking so it can be reviewed","git push -u origin HEAD" | |
| "download the project https://github.com/user/repo.git from github","git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "fetch the remote and show what changed in origin/main while i was away","git fetch && git log HEAD..origin/main --oneline" | |
| "is my branch up to date with origin","git fetch && git status" | |
| "how far behind origin main am i","git rev-list --count HEAD..origin/main" | |
| "count how many commits my branch is ahead of origin/main","git rev-list --count origin/main..HEAD" | |
| "get a shallow copy of https://github.com/user/repo.git without the history","git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/user/repo.git" | |
| "my repo is huge how do i shrink it","git gc --aggressive --prune=now" | |
| "untrack the build directory and ignore it in gitignore","git rm -r --cached build/ && echo build/ >> .gitignore" | |
| "untrack the file secret.env and add it to gitignore","git rm --cached secret.env && echo secret.env >> .gitignore" | |
| "prepare a zip release archive named release.zip of head","git archive --format=zip -o release.zip HEAD" | |
| "create patches of my commits relative to origin/main to send to a colleague","git format-patch origin/main" | |
| "my colleague sent me the patch file their-fixes.patch, apply it","git am their-fixes.patch" | |
| "fetch pull request 42 into the local branch pr-42 to review it locally","git fetch origin pull/42/head:pr-42 && git checkout pr-42" | |
| "range diff my patch series feature/login against its state before the rebase","git range-diff origin/main...feature/login origin/main...feature/login@{1}" | |
| "enable rerere so git remembers my conflict resolutions","git config --global rerere.enabled true" | |
| "add a worktree for the branch other-branch to work on two branches at the same time","git worktree add ../other-branch other-branch" | |
| "enable sparse checkout and limit the working tree to the docs folder","git sparse-checkout init && git sparse-checkout set docs/" | |
| "show the commit history of the src directory to find who broke the build","git log --oneline -- src/" | |
| "which commits changed app.py this week","git log --since=""1 week ago"" -- app.py" | |
| "show what the release v2.0.0 included since v1.9.0","git log v1.9.0..v2.0.0 --oneline" | |
| "show which files the commit abc1234 touched","git show --name-only abc1234" | |
| "what is in the staging area right now","git diff --cached --stat" | |
| "how big is this repository","git count-objects -vH" | |
| "is my repository healthy","git fsck" | |
| "what config file sets my user name","git config --show-origin --get user.name" | |
| "what is my current branch","git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD" | |
| "where is the root of this repo","git rev-parse --show-toplevel" | |
| "enable rerere so git saves my conflict resolutions","git config --global rerere.enabled true" | |
| "set the user.name config to work identity for a second github account","git config --global user.name ""work identity""" | |
| "store my credentials so git stops asking for my password every time","git config --global credential.helper store" | |
| "set init.defaultbranch to main so new repos default to main","git config --global init.defaultBranch main" | |
| "how do i see commits only by my teammate","git log --author=""teammate"" --oneline" | |
| "how do i see the biggest files in the repo","git ls-files -z | xargs -0 ls -l | sort -k5 -rn | head -10" | |
| "show the top level tree of the latest commit","git ls-tree HEAD" | |
| "list all files that exist in the commit abc1234","git ls-tree -r abc1234 --name-only" | |
| "show the diff between my staged and committed code","git diff --cached" | |
| "list all merge conflicts","git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U" | |
| "show which files have conflicts","git status" | |
| "mark the conflicted file conflicted.txt as resolved","git add conflicted.txt" | |
| "show the merge base of the current branch","git merge-base HEAD main" | |
| "view the commit graph of all branches decorated","git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all" | |
| "show commits reachable from head but not origin main","git log origin/main..HEAD" | |
| "show commits on origin main missing locally","git log HEAD..origin/main" | |
| "count the total number of commits reachable from head","git rev-list --count HEAD" | |
| "count the commits on the main branch","git rev-list --count main" | |
| "list tags sorted by creation date","git tag --sort=-creatordate" | |
| "show the most recent tag name without suffix","git describe --tags --abbrev=0" | |
| "get the latest version tag name without suffix","git describe --tags --abbrev=0" | |
| "delete all local tags using xargs","git tag | xargs git tag -d" | |
| "fetch from origin pruning tags deleted on the remote","git fetch --prune --prune-tags origin" | |
| "sync my local tags with the remote by pruning and fetching","git fetch --prune --prune-tags origin" | |
| "push the branch feature/login to a remote named gitlab","git push gitlab feature/login" | |
| "mirror the repository to the remote named gitlab","git push --mirror gitlab" | |
| "show the tracked files that changed on disk","git diff --name-only" | |
| "discard the changes in the src directory","git restore src/" | |
| "restore the deleted src directory from head","git restore --source=HEAD --staged --worktree -- src/" | |
| "show staged files only","git diff --cached --name-only" | |
| "show unstaged files only","git diff --name-only" | |
| "apply the stash entry stash@{1}","git stash apply stash@{1}" | |
| "stash my changes with the message wip checkout redesign","git stash push -m ""wip checkout redesign""" | |
| "show the diff of the stash entry stash@{1}","git stash show -p stash@{1}" | |
| "create a patch from the stash","git stash show -p > stash.patch" | |
| "apply the patch file stash.patch directly","git apply stash.patch" | |
| "revert app.py to the state of the previous commit","git restore --source=HEAD~1 app.py" | |
| "compare the current branch with the tag v1.0.0","git diff v1.0.0 HEAD" | |
| "show log entries touching app.py and utils.py","git log --oneline -- app.py utils.py" | |
| "show what changed in the working tree per line","git diff --word-diff" | |
| "reset everything back to the tagged release v1.0.0","git reset --hard v1.0.0" | |
| "move the last commit to a new branch named carry-over","git branch carry-over && git reset --hard HEAD~1 && git switch carry-over" | |
| "split my work into a new branch named part-two","git switch -c part-two" | |
| "soft reset the last commit to redo it with different files","git reset --soft HEAD~1" | |
| "recommit the staged changes with a better message","git commit -m ""better message""" | |
| "check what remote branches exist on origin","git branch -r" | |
| "list branches merged into main","git branch --merged main" | |
| "list branches not merged into main","git branch --no-merged main" | |
| "delete all branches already merged into main","git branch --merged main | grep -v main | xargs git branch -d" | |
| "fetch a single branch only","git fetch origin main" | |
| "pull without creating a merge commit","git pull --ff-only" | |
| "rebase pull from origin main","git pull --rebase origin main" | |
| "push to a new remote repository for the first time","git push -u origin main" | |
| "initialize a repo, commit everything with the message initial commit, add the remote https://github.com/user/repo.git and push to main","git init && git add . && git commit -m ""initial commit"" && git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git && git push -u origin main" | |
| "set up a brand new project with git","git init" | |
| "add all files and commit them with the message add everything","git add -A && git commit -m ""add everything""" | |
| "stage and commit all tracked changes in one command with the message quick update","git commit -am ""quick update""" | |
| "update the last commit and push safely","git commit --amend --no-edit && git push --force-with-lease" | |
| "revert the last commit and push the revert","git revert HEAD && git push" | |
| "revert the last pushed commit and push it safely","git revert HEAD && git push" | |
| "hard reset the last commit away and force push safely","git reset --hard HEAD~1 && git push --force-with-lease" | |
| "bring config.yml from the main branch","git checkout main -- config.yml" | |
| "merge only the file config.yml from the main branch","git checkout main -- config.yml" | |
| "compare app.py across the two commits abc1234 and def5678","git diff abc1234 def5678 -- app.py" | |
| "see the change history of line 42 of app.py","git blame -L 42,42 app.py" | |
| "show all commits between main and head","git log main..HEAD --oneline" | |
| "reword the message of one of my last three commits","git rebase -i HEAD~3" | |
| "reorder my last four commits interactively","git rebase -i HEAD~4" | |
| "drop a bad commit from my last three commits interactively","git rebase -i HEAD~3" | |
| "soft reset three commits back and commit them as one with the message combined work","git reset --soft HEAD~3 && git commit -m ""combined work""" | |
| "combine my last two commits into one with the message combined work","git reset --soft HEAD~2 && git commit -m ""combined work""" | |
| "make the working tree match the index exactly","git restore ." | |
| "empty the stash without applying","git stash clear" | |
| "check whether the branch feature/login exists","git rev-parse --verify feature/login" | |
| "verify that the tag v1.0.0 exists","git rev-parse --verify v1.0.0^{tag}" | |
| "see the reflog of head with iso dates","git reflog --date=iso" | |
| "find when the branch feature/login was created from its reflog","git reflog show feature/login" | |
| "set the origin remote url to https://github.com/newowner/repo.git after a repo transfer","git remote set-url origin https://github.com/newowner/repo.git" | |
| "update the origin remote url to https://github.com/newowner/repo.git after the repository was renamed","git remote set-url origin https://github.com/newowner/repo.git" | |
| "show the upstream branch of the current branch","git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u}" | |
| "check which remote branch i track","git status -sb" | |
| "see the last tag name on this branch without suffix","git describe --tags --abbrev=0" | |
| "find commits with the word deprecated in the message","git log --oneline --grep=""deprecated""" | |
| "find commits whose message mentions the issue number #123","git log --oneline --grep=""#123""" | |
| "show the commits between origin/main and head that will be pushed","git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline" | |
| "preview the commits between origin/main and head before pushing","git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline" | |
| "list the files changed in the last commit","git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r HEAD" | |
| "show added lines only in the diff","git diff --diff-filter=A --name-only" | |
| "list only deleted files in the diff","git diff --diff-filter=D --name-only" | |
| "list modified files between head and working tree","git diff --diff-filter=M --name-only" | |