Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME git-init-db – Creates an empty Git repository SYNOPSIS git init – db[-q | –quiet][–bare][–template = <template_directory>][–separate – git – dir<git dir>][–shared[=<permissions>]] DESCRIPTION This is a synonym for git-init(1). Please refer to the documentation of that command. GIT Part of the git(1) suite Index
NAME git-info – Returns information on current repository SYNOPSIS git-info DESCRIPTION Shows the following information about a repository: 1. Remote Url(s) 2. Remote Branches 3. Local Branches 4. Most recent commit 5. Configuration Info OPTIONS N/A EXAMPLES Outputs info about a repo: $ git info ## Remote URLs: origin git [at] github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (fetch) origin git…
NAME git-index-pack – Build pack index file for an existing packed archive SYNOPSIS git index – pack[-v][-o<index – file>][–[no – ] rev – index]<pack – file> git index – pack– stdin[–fix – thin][–keep][-v][-o<index – file>][–[no – ] rev – index][<pack – file>] DESCRIPTION Reads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and builds a…
NAME git-imap-send – Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder SYNOPSIS git imap – send[-v][-q][–[no – ] curl] DESCRIPTION This command uploads a mailbox generated with git format-patch into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox…
NAME git-ignore – Add .gitignore patterns SYNOPSIS git-ignore [<context>] [<pattern> [<pattern>]…] DESCRIPTION Adds the given _pattern_s to a .gitignore file if it doesn’t already exist. OPTIONS <context> -l, –local Sets the context to the .gitignore file in the current working directory. (default) -g, –global Sets the context to the global gitignore file for the current…
NAME git-ignore-io – Get sample gitignore file SYNOPSIS git ignore-io [<OPTIONS>] DESCRIPTION Get sample gitignore file from gitignore.io https://www.gitignore.io OPTIONS <OPTIONS> -a, –append <types>… Append new .gitignore content to .gitignore under the current directory -r, –replace <types>… Export new .gitignore to the current directory (The old one will be replaced) -l, –list-in-table Print available types…
NAME git-http-push – Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository SYNOPSIS git http – push[–all][–dry – run][–force][–verbose]<url><ref>[<ref>…] DESCRIPTION Sends missing objects to remote repository, and updates the remote branch. NOTE: This command is temporarily disabled if your libcurl is older than 7.16, as the combination has been reported not to work and sometimes corrupts repository….
NAME git-http-fetch – Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP SYNOPSIS git http – fetch[-c][-t][-a][-d][-v][-w filename][–recover][–stdin | –packfile = <hash> | <commit>]<url> DESCRIPTION Downloads a remote Git repository via HTTP. This command always gets all objects. Historically, there were three options -a, -c and -t for choosing which objects to download. They are now…
NAME git-http-backend – Server side implementation of Git over HTTP SYNOPSIS git http-backend DESCRIPTION A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols. The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protocol and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as…
NAME git-help – Display help information about Git SYNOPSIS git help[-a | –all[–[no – ] verbose]] [[-i | –info][-m | –man][-w | –web]][COMMAND | GUIDE] git help[-g | –guides] git help[-c | –config] DESCRIPTION With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the git command and a list of the most…
NAME git-hash-object – Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file SYNOPSIS git hash – object[-t<type>][-w][–path = <file> | –no – filters][–stdin[–literally]][–]<file>… git hash – object[-t<type>][-w]– stdin – paths[–no – filters] DESCRIPTION Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type with the contents of the named file (which can…
NAME git-guilt – calculate change between two revisions SYNOPSIS git guilt [<option>] git guilt [<option>] <since> [<until>] DESCRIPTION In the first form, shows total blame count for files with unstaged changes. In the second form, calculates the change in blame between two revisions. If not specified, <until> will default to HEAD. OPTIONS -h Output usage…
NAME git-gui – A portable graphical interface to Git SYNOPSIS git gui[<command>][arguments] DESCRIPTION A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git. git gui focuses on allowing users to make changes to their repository by making new commits, amending existing ones, creating branches, performing local merges, and fetching/pushing to remote repositories. Unlike gitk, git gui focuses…
NAME git-grep – Print lines matching a pattern SYNOPSIS git grep[-a | –text][-I][–textconv][-i | –ignore – case][-w | –word – regexp] [-v | –invert – match][-h | -H][–full – name] [-E | –extended – regexp][-G | –basic – regexp] [-P | –perl – regexp] [-F | –fixed – strings][-n | –line – number][–column] [-l |…
NAME git-graft – Merge and destroy a given branch SYNOPSIS git-graft <src-branch> <dest-branch> DESCRIPTION Merge commits from <src-branch> into <dest-branch> OPTIONS <src-branch> <dest-branch> EXAMPLES $ git graft new_feature dev AUTHOR Written by Kenneth Reitz <me [at] kennethreitz.com> REPORTING BUGS <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> SEE ALSO <https://github.com/tj/git-extras> Index
NAME git-gh-pages – Create the GitHub Pages branch SYNOPSIS git-gh-pages DESCRIPTION Create the GitHub Pages branch (gh-pages) with an initial dummy index.html file. EXAMPLES $ git gh – pages setting up gh – pages Removing…[gh – pages(root – commit) 94f4b26] Initial commit 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 index.html Counting objects : 3,…
NAME git-get-tar-commit-id – Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-archive SYNOPSIS git get-tar-commit-id DESCRIPTION Read a tar archive created by git archive from the standard input and extract the commit ID stored in it. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its runtime is not influenced by the size of…
NAME git-gc – Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository SYNOPSIS git gc[–aggressive][–auto][–quiet][–prune = <date> | –no – prune][–force][–keep – largest – pack] DESCRIPTION Runs a number of housekeeping tasks within the current repository, such as compressing file revisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance), removing unreachable objects which may have been created…
NAME git-fsck – Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database SYNOPSIS git fsck[–tags][–root][–unreachable][–cache][–no – reflogs] [–[no – ] full][–strict][–verbose][–lost – found] [–[no – ] dangling][–[no – ] progress][–connectivity – only] [–[no – ] name – objects][<object> * ] DESCRIPTION Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database. OPTIONS…
NAME git-fsck-objects – Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database SYNOPSIS git fsck-objects … DESCRIPTION This is a synonym for git-fsck(1). Please refer to the documentation of that command. GIT Part of the git(1) suite Index