Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME git-release – Commit, tag and push changes to the repository SYNOPSIS git-release <tagname> [-r <remote>] [-m <commit info%gt;] [-c] DESCRIPTION Commits changes with message "Release <tagname>" or custom commit information, tags with the given <tagname> and pushes the branch / tags. Optionally it generates a changelog (see git-changelog) and a remote can be defined….
NAME git-reflog – Manage reflog information SYNOPSIS git reflog <subcommand> <options> DESCRIPTION The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending on the subcommand: git reflog[show][log – options][<ref>] git reflog expire[–expire = <time>][–expire – unreachable = <time>] [–rewrite][–updateref][–stale – fix] [–dry – run | -n][–verbose][–all[–single – worktree] | <refs>…] git reflog delete[–rewrite][–updateref] [–dry – run…
NAME git-refactor – Create refactor branch SYNOPSIS git-refactor [finish] <name> DESCRIPTION Create the given refactor branch OPTIONS <finish> Merge and delete the refactor branch. <name> The name of the refactor branch. EXAMPLES $ git refactor mainlib_refactor … $ git commit -m "Some changes" … $ git checkout master $ git refactor finish mainlib_refactor AUTHOR Written…
NAME git-receive-pack – Receive what is pushed into the repository SYNOPSIS git-receive-pack <directory> DESCRIPTION Invoked by git send-pack and updates the repository with the information fed from the remote end. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI for the protocol is on the git send-pack side, and the program…
NAME git-rebase – Reapply commits on top of another base tip SYNOPSIS git rebase[-i | –interactive][<options>][–exec<cmd>] [–onto<newbase> | –keep – base][<upstream>[<branch>]] git rebase[-i | –interactive][<options>][–exec<cmd>][–onto<newbase>]– root[<branch>] git rebase(–continue | –skip | –abort | –quit | –edit – todo | –show – current – patch) DESCRIPTION If <branch> is specified, git rebase will perform an automatic…
NAME git-rebase-theirs – Resolve rebase conflicts and failed cherry-picks by favoring ‘theirs’ version SYNOPSIS git-rebase-theirs [options] [—] FILE… DESCRIPTION Resolve git rebase conflicts in FILE(s) by favoring ‘theirs’ version. When using git rebase, conflicts are usually wanted to be resolved by favoring the <working branch> version (the branch being rebased, ‘theirs’ side in a rebase),…
NAME git-rebase-patch – Rebases a patch SYNOPSIS git-rebase-patch <patch-file> DESCRIPTION Given you have a patch that doesn’t apply to the current HEAD, but you know it applied to some commit in the past, git-rebase-patch will help you find that commit and do a rebase. OPTIONS <patch-file> The patch to be applied. EXAMPLES Executing $ git…
NAME git-reauthor – Rewrite history to change author’s identity SYNOPSIS git reauthor [<options>] DESCRIPTION Lets you replace the author and/or committer identities in commits and tags. The command goes through all existing commits and tags in all local branches to selectively modify the identities present in those objects. All the other informations such as dates,…
NAME git-read-tree – Reads tree information into the index SYNOPSIS git read – tree[[-m[–trivial][–aggressive] | –reset | –prefix = <prefix>] [-u | -i]][–index – output = <file>][–no – sparse – checkout](–empty | <tree – ish1>[<tree – ish2>[<tree – ish3>]]) DESCRIPTION Reads the tree information given by <tree-ish> into the index, but does not actually update…
NAME git-range-diff – Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch) SYNOPSIS git range – diff[–color = [<when>]][–no – color][<diff – options>] [–no – dual – color][–creation – factor = <factor>] [–left – only | –right – only](<range1><range2> | <rev1>…<rev2> | <base><rev1><rev2>) DESCRIPTION This command shows the differences between two versions of a…
NAME git-quiltimport – Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch SYNOPSIS git quiltimport[–dry – run | -n][–author<author>][–patches<dir>] [–series<file>][–keep – non – patch] DESCRIPTION Applies a quilt patchset onto the current Git branch, preserving the patch boundaries, patch order, and patch descriptions present in the quilt patchset. For each patch the code attempts to extract…
NAME git-push – Update remote refs along with associated objects SYNOPSIS git push[–all | –mirror | –tags][–follow – tags][–atomic][-n | –dry – run][–receive – pack = <git – receive – pack>] [–repo = <repository>][-f | –force][-d | –delete][–prune][-v | –verbose] [-u | –set – upstream][-o<string> | –push – option = <string>] [–[no – ] signed…
NAME git-pull – Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch SYNOPSIS git pull[<options>][<repository>[<refspec>…]] DESCRIPTION Incorporates changes from a remote repository into the current branch. If the current branch is behind the remote, then by default it will fast-forward the current branch to match the remote. If the current branch and the…
NAME git-pull-request – Create pull request for GitHub project SYNOPSIS git-pull-request [<target branch>] DESCRIPTION Create pull request for a project on GitHub via commandline. Uses the email from git config user.email to open the pull request. OPTIONS <target branch> The target branch you want to send pull request to. EXAMPLES $ git pull-request master Everything…
NAME git-psykorebase – Rebase a branch with a merge commit SYNOPSIS git-psykorebase <target_branch> [<feature_branch>] [–no-ff] git-psykorebase –continue DESCRIPTION Rebase the feature_branch on top of the target_branch, the feature_branch defaults to the current one. OPTIONS –no-ff Force a commit message even if there are no conflicts. –continue Continue the rebase after conflicts have been resolved. EXAMPLES…
NAME git-prune – Prune all unreachable objects from the object database SYNOPSIS git prune[-n][-v][–progress][–expire<time>][–][<head>…] DESCRIPTION Note In most cases, users should run git gc, which calls git prune. See the section "NOTES", below. This runs git fsck –unreachable using all the refs available in refs/, optionally with additional set of objects specified on the command…
NAME git-prune-packed – Remove extra objects that are already in pack files SYNOPSIS git prune – packed[-n | –dry – run][-q | –quiet] DESCRIPTION This program searches the $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories. All such extra objects are removed. A pack is…
NAME git-pr – Checks out a pull request locally SYNOPSIS git-pr <number> [<remote>] git-pr <url> git-pr clean DESCRIPTION Creates a local branch based on a GitHub pull request number or URL, and switch to that branch afterwards. OPTIONS <remote> The name of the remote to fetch from. Defaults to origin. <url> GitHub pull request URL…
NAME git-peek-remote – List the references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS git peek – remote[–upload – pack = <git – upload – pack>] [<host>:]<directory> DESCRIPTION This command is deprecated; use git ls-remote instead. OPTIONS –upload-pack=<git-upload-pack> Use this to specify the path to git-upload-pack on the remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH….
NAME git-patch-id – Compute unique ID for a patch SYNOPSIS git patch – id[–stable | –unstable] DESCRIPTION Read a patch from the standard input and compute the patch ID for it. A "patch ID" is nothing but a sum of SHA-1 of the file diffs associated with a patch, with whitespace and line numbers ignored….