The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
git-log – Show commit logs Synopsisgit log [<options>] [<revision range>] [[–] <path>…]DescriptionShows 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…
git-locked – ls files that have been locked Synopsisgit-locked DescriptionList local files that have been locked Examples$ git lock config/database.yml $ git locked config/database.ymlAuthorWritten by Kevin Woo <kevinawoo [at] gmail.com> Reporting Bugs<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> See Also<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
git-lock – Lock a file excluded from version control Synopsisgit-lock <filename> DescriptionLock local files from version control. Options<filename> The name of the filename. Examples$ git lock config/database.ymlAuthorWritten by Julio Napuri <julionc [at] gmail.com> Reporting Bugs<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> See Also<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
git-local-commits – List local commits Synopsisgit-local-commits <args> DescriptionLists 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 –graphAuthorWritten by Michael Komitee <mkomitee [at] gmail.com> Reporting Bugs<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> See Also<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
git-line-summary – Show repository summary by line Synopsisgit-line-summary DescriptionShow a summary by line of the repository, rather than by commit like git-summary. ExamplesOutputs 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 4.8% 711 Mark Eissler…
git-latexdiff – Call latexdiff on two Git revisions of a file OptionsUsage: 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, then diff…
git-interpret-trailers – Add or parse structured information in commit messages Synopsisgit interpret-trailers [<options>] [(–trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])…] [<file>…] git interpret-trailers [<options>] [–parse] [<file>…]DescriptionHelp 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 reads some patches or commit messages from…
git-instaweb – Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb Synopsisgit instaweb [–local] [–httpd=<httpd>] [–port=<port>] [–browser=<browser>] git instaweb [–start] [–stop] [–restart]DescriptionA 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 HTTP daemon command-line that will…
git-init – Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one Synopsisgit 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]DescriptionThis command creates an empty Git repository – basically a .git directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags, and template files. An initial branch without any commits…
git-init-db – Creates an empty Git repository Synopsisgit init-db [-q | –quiet] [–bare] [–template=<template_directory>] [–separate-git-dir <git dir>] [–shared[=<permissions>]]DescriptionThis is a synonym for git-init(1). Please refer to the documentation of that command. GitPart of the git(1) suite
git-info – Returns information on current repository Synopsisgit-info DescriptionShows the following information about a repository: 1. Remote Url(s) 2. Remote Branches 3. Local Branches 4. Most recent commit 5. Configuration Info OptionsN/A ExamplesOutputs info about a repo: $ git info ## Remote URLs: origin git [at] github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (fetch) origin git [at] github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (push) ## Remote…
git-index-pack – Build pack index file for an existing packed archive Synopsisgit 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>]DescriptionReads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. Optionally writes a reverse-index (.rev) for the specified pack. The…
git-imap-send – Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder Synopsisgit imap-send [-v] [-q] [–[no-]curl]DescriptionThis 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 files directly. The command also works…
git-ignore – Add .gitignore patterns Synopsisgit-ignore [<context>] [<pattern> [<pattern>]…] DescriptionAdds 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 user. <pattern> A space…
git-ignore-io – Get sample gitignore file Synopsisgit ignore-io [<OPTIONS>] DescriptionGet 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 in table format -L,…
git-http-push – Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository Synopsisgit http-push [–all] [–dry-run] [–force] [–verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>…]DescriptionSends 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. Options–all…
git-http-fetch – Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP Synopsisgit http-fetch [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [–recover] [–stdin | –packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <url>DescriptionDownloads 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…
git-http-backend – Server side implementation of Git over HTTP Synopsisgit http-backendDescriptionA 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 well as clients pushing…
git-help – Display help information about Git Synopsisgit help [-a|–all [–[no-]verbose]] [[-i|–info] [-m|–man] [-w|–web]] [COMMAND|GUIDE] git help [-g|–guides] git help [-c|–config]DescriptionWith no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the git command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output. If the option –all…
git-hash-object – Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file Synopsisgit hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] [–path=<file>|–no-filters] [–stdin [–literally]] [–] <file>… git hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] –stdin-paths [–no-filters]DescriptionComputes the object ID value for an object with specified type with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the work tree),…