Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME git-touch – Touch and add file to the index SYNOPSIS git-touch <filename> DESCRIPTION Call touch on the given file and add it to the current index. Used one-step creating new files. OPTIONS <filename> File to be touched. EXAMPLES $ git touch Makefile AUTHOR Written by Alex McHale <alexmchale [at] gmail.com> REPORTING BUGS <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> SEE…
NAME git-tar-tree – Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object SYNOPSIS git tar – tree[–remote = <repo>]<tree – ish>[<base>] DESCRIPTION THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED. Use git archive with –format=tar option instead (and move the <base> argument to –prefix=base/). Creates a tar archive containing the tree structure for the named tree….
NAME git-tag – Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG SYNOPSIS git tag[-a | -s | -u<keyid>][-f][-m<msg> | -F<file>][-e]<tagname>[<commit> | <object>] git tag – d<tagname>… git tag[-n[<num>]] – l[–contains<commit>][–no – contains<commit>][–points – at<object>][–column[=<options>] | –no – column][–create – reflog][–sort = <key>][–format = <format>][–merged<commit>][–no – merged<commit>][<pattern>…] git tag – v[–format = <format>]<tagname>……
NAME git-sync – Sync local branch with remote branch SYNOPSIS git sync [ <remote> <branch> ] DESCRIPTION Sync local branch with <remote>/<branch>. When <remote> and <branch> are not specified on the command line, upstream of local branch will be used by default. All changes and untracked files and directories will be removed. EXAMPLES Sync local…
NAME git-symbolic-ref – Read, modify and delete symbolic refs SYNOPSIS git symbolic – ref[-m<reason>]<name><ref> git symbolic – ref[-q][–short]<name> git symbolic – ref– delete[-q]<name> DESCRIPTION Given one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the .git/ directory. Typically you would give HEAD as the <name> argument…
NAME git-switch – Switch branches SYNOPSIS git switch[<options>][–no – guess]<branch> git switch[<options>]– detach[<start – point>] git switch[<options>](-c | -C)<new – branch>[<start – point>] git switch[<options>]– orphan<new – branch> DESCRIPTION Switch to a specified branch. The working tree and the index are updated to match the branch. All new commits will be added to the tip…
NAME git-svn – Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git SYNOPSIS git svn<command>[options][arguments] DESCRIPTION git svn is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and Git. It provides a bidirectional flow of changes between a Subversion and a Git repository. git svn can track a standard Subversion repository, following the common "trunk/branches/tags" layout, with…
NAME git-summary – Show repository summary SYNOPSIS git-summary [–line] [<commitish>] DESCRIPTION Shows a summary of the repository. OPTIONS <commitish> Summarize only the range of commits included in the <commitish>. –line Summarize with lines other than commits. This actually just results in a call to git-line-summary(1). Any <commitish> is ignored when –line is specified. See git-line-summary(1)…
NAME git-subtree – Merge subtrees together and split repository into subtrees SYNOPSIS git subtree[<options>] – P<prefix> add<local – commit> git subtree[<options>] – P<prefix> add<repository><remote – ref> git subtree[<options>] – P<prefix> merge<local – commit> git subtree[<options>] – P<prefix> split[<local – commit>] git subtree[<options>] – P<prefix> pull<repository><remote – ref> git subtree[<options>] – P<prefix> push<repository><refspec> DESCRIPTION Subtrees allow…
NAME git-submodule – Initialize, update or inspect submodules SYNOPSIS git submodule[–quiet][–cached] git submodule[–quiet] add[<options>][–]<repository>[<path>] git submodule[–quiet] status[–cached][–recursive][–][<path>…] git submodule[–quiet] init[–][<path>…] git submodule[–quiet] deinit[-f | –force](–all | [–]<path>…) git submodule[–quiet] update[<options>][–][<path>…] git submodule[–quiet] set – branch[<options>][–]<path> git submodule[–quiet] set – url[–]<path><newurl> git submodule[–quiet] summary[<options>][–][<path>…] git submodule[–quiet] foreach[–recursive]<command> git submodule[–quiet] sync[–recursive][–][<path>…] git submodule[–quiet] absorbgitdirs[–][<path>…] DESCRIPTION Inspects, updates…
NAME git-stripspace – Remove unnecessary whitespace SYNOPSIS git stripspace[-s | –strip – comments] git stripspace[-c | –comment – lines] DESCRIPTION Read text, such as commit messages, notes, tags and branch descriptions, from the standard input and clean it in the manner used by Git. With no arguments, this will: • remove trailing whitespace from all…
NAME git-strip-merge – A git-merge wrapper that deletes files on a "foreign" branch before merging SYNOPSIS git-strip-merge [git-merge options] [-M <commitmsg>] <branch> FILE… DESCRIPTION git-merge that deletes files on "foreign" <branch> before merging. Useful for ignoring a folder in <branch> before merging it with current branch. Works by deleting FILE(S) in a detached commit based…
NAME git-status – Show the working tree status SYNOPSIS git status[<options>…][–][<pathspec>…] DESCRIPTION Displays paths that have differences between the index file and the current HEAD commit, paths that have differences between the working tree and the index file, and paths in the working tree that are not tracked by Git (and are not ignored by…
NAME git-stash – Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away SYNOPSIS git stash list[<log – options>] git stash show[-u | –include – untracked | –only – untracked][<diff – options>][<stash>] git stash drop[-q | –quiet][<stash>] git stash(pop | apply)[–index][-q | –quiet][<stash>] git stash branch<branchname>[<stash>] git stash[push[-p | –patch][-k | –[no – ] keep -…
NAME git-standup – Recall the commit history SYNOPSIS git-standup [<full name>] [<since>] [<until>] DESCRIPTION Recall what you did on the last working day ..or be nosy and find what someone else did. OPTIONS <full name> The author of commits. Defaults to $(git config user.name). <since> The start of commit history. Defaults to yesterday. <until> The…
NAME git-stage – Add file contents to the staging area SYNOPSIS git stage args… DESCRIPTION This is a synonym for git-add(1). Please refer to the documentation of that command. GIT Part of the git(1) suite Index
NAME git-squash – Import changes from a branch SYNOPSIS git-squash <source-branch|commit ref> [<commit-message>] DESCRIPTION Produce the working tree and index state as if a real merge happened without the commit or merge marks. OPTIONS <source-branch> Branch to squash on the actual branch. <commit reference> A commit reference (has to be from the current branch) can…
NAME git-sparse-checkout – Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout configuration, which reduces the checkout to a set of paths given by a list of patterns. SYNOPSIS git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [options] DESCRIPTION Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout configuration, which reduces the checkout to a set of paths given by a list of patterns. THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL….
NAME git-show – Show various types of objects SYNOPSIS git show[<options>][<object>…] DESCRIPTION Shows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits). For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by git diff-tree –cc. For tags, it shows the tag message…
NAME git-show-unmerged-branches – Show unmerged branches SYNOPSIS git-show-unmerged-branches DESCRIPTION Show all branches not merged in to current HEAD. EXAMPLES $ git show-unmerged-branches AUTHOR Written by Paul Schreiber <paulschreiber [at] gmail.com> REPORTING BUGS <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> SEE ALSO <https://github.com/tj/git-extras> Index