Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME gitk – The Git repository browser SYNOPSIS gitk[<options>][<revision range>][–][<path>…] DESCRIPTION Displays changes in a repository or a selected set of commits. This includes visualizing the commit graph, showing information related to each commit, and the files in the trees of each revision. OPTIONS To control which revisions to show, gitk supports most options applicable…
NAME gitg – Git repository viewer SYNOPSIS gitg [options] [repository] [<refspec>] DESCRIPTION gitg is a graphical user interface for git. It aims at being a small, fast and convenient tool to visualize the history of git repositories. Besides visualization, gitg also provides several utilities to manage your repository and commit your work. OPTIONS -c,–commit Open gitg in…
NAME git – the stupid content tracker SYNOPSIS git[–version][–help][-C<path>][-c < name >= <value>] [–exec – path[=<path>]][–html – path][–man – path][–info – path] [-p | –paginate | -P | –no – pager][–no – replace – objects][–bare] [–git – dir = <path>][–work – tree = <path>][–namespace = <name>] [–super – prefix = <path>][–config – env = <…
NAME git-write-tree – Create a tree object from the current index SYNOPSIS git write – tree[–missing – ok][–prefix = <prefix> / ] DESCRIPTION Creates a tree object using the current index. The name of the new tree object is printed to standard output. The index must be in a fully merged state. Conceptually, git write-tree…
NAME git-worktree – Manage multiple working trees SYNOPSIS git worktree add[-f][–detach][–checkout][–lock[–reason<string>]][-b<new – branch>]<path>[<commit – ish>] git worktree list[–porcelain] git worktree lock[–reason<string>]<worktree> git worktree move<worktree><new – path> git worktree prune[-n][-v][–expire<expire>] git worktree remove[-f]<worktree> git worktree repair[<path>…] git worktree unlock<worktree> DESCRIPTION Manage multiple working trees attached to the same repository. A git repository can support multiple working…
NAME git-whatchanged – Show logs with difference each commit introduces SYNOPSIS git whatchanged <option>… DESCRIPTION Shows commit logs and diff output each commit introduces. New users are encouraged to use git-log(1) instead. The whatchanged command is essentially the same as git-log(1) but defaults to show the raw format diff output and to skip merges. The…
git-web–browse – Git helper script to launch a web browser Synopsis git web–browse [<options>] <url|file>… Description This script tries, as much as possible, to display the URLs and FILEs that are passed as arguments, as HTML pages in new tabs on an already opened web browser. The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported: •…
NAME git-version – Display version information about Git SYNOPSIS git version [–build-options] DESCRIPTION With no options given, the version of git is printed on the standard output. Note that git –version is identical to git version because the former is internally converted into the latter. OPTIONS –build-options Include additional information about how git was built…
NAME git-verify-tag – Check the GPG signature of tags SYNOPSIS git verify-tag [–format=<format>] <tag>… DESCRIPTION Validates the gpg signature created by git tag. OPTIONS –raw Print the raw gpg status output to standard error instead of the normal human-readable output. -v, –verbose Print the contents of the tag object before validating it. <tag>… SHA-1 identifiers…
NAME git-verify-pack – Validate packed Git archive files SYNOPSIS git verify – pack[-v | –verbose][-s | –stat – only][–]<pack>.idx… DESCRIPTION Reads given idx file for packed Git archive created with the git pack-objects command and verifies idx file and the corresponding pack file. OPTIONS <pack>.idx … The idx files to verify. -v, –verbose After verifying…
NAME git-verify-commit – Check the GPG signature of commits SYNOPSIS git verify-commit <commit>… DESCRIPTION Validates the GPG signature created by git commit -S. OPTIONS –raw Print the raw gpg status output to standard error instead of the normal human-readable output. -v, –verbose Print the contents of the commit object before validating it. <commit>… SHA-1 identifiers…
NAME git-var – Show a Git logical variable SYNOPSIS git var ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION Prints a Git logical variable. OPTIONS -l Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the variables of the Git configuration file .git/config are listed as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality is deprecated in…
NAME git-upload-pack – Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack SYNOPSIS git – upload – pack[–[no – ] strict][–timeout = <n>][–stateless – rpc][–advertise – refs]<directory> DESCRIPTION Invoked by git fetch-pack, learns what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after packing. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI…
NAME git-upload-archive – Send archive back to git-archive SYNOPSIS git upload-archive <directory> DESCRIPTION Invoked by git archive –remote and sends a generated archive to the other end over the Git protocol. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI for the protocol is on the git archive side, and the…
NAME git-update-ref – Update the object name stored in a ref safely SYNOPSIS git update – ref[-m<reason>][–no – deref](-d<ref>[<oldvalue>] | [–create – reflog]<ref><newvalue>[<oldvalue>] | –stdin[-z]) DESCRIPTION Given two arguments, stores the <newvalue> in the <ref>, possibly dereferencing the symbolic refs. E.g. git update-ref HEAD <newvalue> updates the current branch head to the new object. Given…
NAME git-update-index – Register file contents in the working tree to the index SYNOPSIS git update – index [–add][–remove | –force – remove][–replace] [–refresh][-q][–unmerged][–ignore – missing] [(–cacheinfo<mode>, <object>, <file>)…] [–chmod = (+ | -) x] [–[no – ] assume – unchanged] [–[no – ] skip – worktree] [–[no – ] ignore – skip – worktree…
NAME git-unpack-objects – Unpack objects from a packed archive SYNOPSIS git unpack – objects[-n][-q][-r][–strict] DESCRIPTION Read a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in "loose" (one object per file) format. Objects that already exist in the repository will not be unpacked from the…
NAME git-unpack-file – Creates a temporary file with a blob’s contents SYNOPSIS git unpack-file <blob> DESCRIPTION Creates a file holding the contents of the blob specified by sha1. It returns the name of the temporary file in the following format: .merge_file_XXXXX OPTIONS <blob> Must be a blob id GIT Part of the git(1) suite Index
NAME git-unlock – Unlock a file excluded from version control SYNOPSIS git-lock <filename> DESCRIPTION Unlock local files from version control. OPTIONS <filename> The name of the filename. EXAMPLES $ git unlock config/database.yml AUTHOR Written by Julio Napuri <julionc [at] gmail.com> REPORTING BUGS <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> SEE ALSO <https://github.com/tj/git-extras> Index
NAME git-undo – Remove latest commits SYNOPSIS git-undo [<commitcount>] [-s, –soft, -h, –hard] DESCRIPTION Removes the latest commits. OPTIONS –soft or -s This is the default, only rolls back the commit but changes remain un-staged. –hard or -h This option wipes your commit(s), so that your changes cannot be recovered. Use with care. <commitcount> Number…