Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME git-merge-index – Run a merge for files needing merging SYNOPSIS git merge – index[-o][-q]<merge – program>(-a | [–]<file> *) DESCRIPTION This looks up the <file>(s) in the index and, if there are any merge entries, passes the SHA-1 hash for those files as arguments 1, 2, 3 (empty argument if no file), and <file>…
NAME git-merge-file – Run a three-way file merge SYNOPSIS git merge – file[-L<current – name>[-L<base – name>[-L<other – name>]]] [–ours | –theirs | –union][-p | –stdout][-q | –quiet][–marker – size = <n>] [–[no – ] diff3]<current – file><base – file><other – file> DESCRIPTION git merge-file incorporates all changes that lead from the <base-file> to <other-file>…
NAME git-merge-changelog – manual page for git-merge-changelog /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/gnulib-0-14.20150325git.el7.x86_64/usr/bin/git-merge-changelog SYNOPSIS git-merge-changelog [OPTION] O-FILE-NAME A-FILE-NAME B-FILE-NAME DESCRIPTION Merges independent modifications of a ChangeLog style file. O-FILE-NAME names the original file, the ancestor of the two others. A-FILE-NAME names the publicly modified file. B-FILE-NAME names the user-modified file. Writes the merged file into A-FILE-NAME. Informative output: -h, –help…
NAME git-merge-base – Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge SYNOPSIS git merge – base[-a | –all]<commit><commit>… git merge – base[-a | –all]– octopus<commit>… git merge – base– is – ancestor<commit><commit> git merge – base– independent<commit>… git merge – base– fork – point<ref>[<commit>] DESCRIPTION git merge-base finds best common ancestor(s) between two…
NAME git-maintenance – Run tasks to optimize Git repository data SYNOPSIS git maintenance run [<options>] DESCRIPTION Run tasks to optimize Git repository data, speeding up other Git commands and reducing storage requirements for the repository. Git commands that add repository data, such as git add or git fetch, are optimized for a responsive user experience….
NAME git-mailsplit – Simple UNIX mbox splitter program SYNOPSIS git mailsplit[-b][-f<nn>][-d<prec>][–keep – cr][–mboxrd] – o<directory>[–][(<mbox> | <Maildir>)…] DESCRIPTION Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the specified directory so you can process them further from there. Important Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output…
NAME git-mailinfo – Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message SYNOPSIS git mailinfo[-k | -b][-u | –encoding = <encoding> | -n] [–[no – ] scissors][–quoted – cr = <action>]<msg><patch> DESCRIPTION Reads a single e-mail message from the standard input, and writes the commit log message in <msg> file, and the patches in <patch>…
NAME git-ls-tree – List the contents of a tree object SYNOPSIS git ls – tree[-d][-r][-t][-l][-z] [–name – only][–name – status][–full – name][–full – tree][–abbrev[=<n>]]<tree – ish>[<path>…] DESCRIPTION Lists the contents of a given tree object, like what "/bin/ls -a" does in the current working directory. Note that: • the behaviour is slightly different from that…
NAME git-ls-remote – List references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS git ls – remote[–heads][–tags][–refs][–upload – pack = <exec>] [-q | –quiet][–exit – code][–get – url][–sort = <key>] [–symref][<repository>[<refs>…]] DESCRIPTION Displays references available in a remote repository along with the associated commit IDs. OPTIONS -h, –heads, -t, –tags Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively. These…
NAME git-ls-files – Show information about files in the index and the working tree SYNOPSIS git ls – files[-z][-t][-v][-f](–[cached | deleted | others | ignored | stage | unmerged | killed | modified]) * (-[c | d | o | i | s | u | k | m]) * [–eol] [–deduplicate] [-x<pattern> | –exclude…
NAME git-lost-found – Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned SYNOPSIS git lost-found DESCRIPTION NOTE: this command is deprecated. Use git-fsck(1) with the option –lost-found instead. Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and creates refs to them in the .git/lost-found/ directory. Commits and tags that dereference to commits are…
NAME git-log – Show commit logs SYNOPSIS git log[<options>][<revision range>][[–]<path>…] DESCRIPTION Shows the commit logs. List commits that are reachable by following the parent links from the given commit(s), but exclude commits that are reachable from the one(s) given with a ^ in front of them. The output is given in reverse chronological order by…
NAME git-locked – ls files that have been locked SYNOPSIS git-locked DESCRIPTION List local files that have been locked EXAMPLES $ git lock config/database.yml $ git locked config/database.yml AUTHOR Written by Kevin Woo <kevinawoo [at] gmail.com> REPORTING BUGS <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> SEE ALSO <https://github.com/tj/git-extras> Index
NAME git-lock – Lock a file excluded from version control SYNOPSIS git-lock <filename> DESCRIPTION Lock local files from version control. OPTIONS <filename> The name of the filename. EXAMPLES $ git lock 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-local-commits – List local commits SYNOPSIS git-local-commits <args> DESCRIPTION Lists commits in the local branch that have not been pushed to origin. OPTIONS <args> All arguments passed to git-local-commits will be passed directly to git-log. EXAMPLES $ git local-commits –graph AUTHOR Written by Michael Komitee <mkomitee [at] gmail.com> REPORTING BUGS <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> SEE ALSO <https://github.com/tj/git-extras>…
NAME git-line-summary – Show repository summary by line SYNOPSIS git-line-summary DESCRIPTION Show a summary by line of the repository, rather than by commit like git-summary. EXAMPLES Outputs a repo summary by line. $ git line-summary project : git-extras lines : 16004 authors : 7757 hemanth.hm 48.5% 1019 spacewander 6.4% 916 CJ 5.7% 768 Jonhnny Weslley…
NAME git-latexdiff – Call latexdiff on two Git revisions of a file OPTIONS Usage: git latexdiff [options] OLD [NEW] git latexdiff [options] OLD — git latexdiff [options] — OLD Call latexdiff on two Git revisions of a file. OLD and NEW are Git revision identifiers. NEW defaults to HEAD. If “–” is used for NEW,…
NAME git-interpret-trailers – Add or parse structured information in commit messages SYNOPSIS git interpret – trailers[<options>][(–trailer<token>[(= | :) < value > ])…][<file>…] git interpret – trailers[<options>][–parse][<file>…] DESCRIPTION Help parsing or adding trailers lines, that look similar to RFC 822 e-mail headers, at the end of the otherwise free-form part of a commit message. This command…
NAME git-instaweb – Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb SYNOPSIS git instaweb[–local][–httpd = <httpd>][–port = <port>] [–browser = <browser>] git instaweb[–start][–stop][–restart] DESCRIPTION A simple script to set up gitweb and a web server for browsing the local repository. OPTIONS -l, –local Only bind the web server to the local IP (127.0.0.1). -d, –httpd The…
NAME git-init – Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS git init[-q | –quiet][–bare][–template = <template_directory>] [–separate – git – dir<git dir>][–object – format = <format>] [-b<branch – name> | –initial – branch = <branch – name>] [–shared[=<permissions>]][directory] DESCRIPTION This command creates an empty Git repository – basically a .git directory…