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-summary – Show repository summary Synopsisgit-summary [–line] [<commitish>] DescriptionShows 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) for more info. ExamplesOutputs…
git-subtree – Merge subtrees together and split repository into subtrees Synopsisgit 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>DescriptionSubtrees allow…
git-submodule – Initialize, update or inspect submodules Synopsisgit 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…
git-stripspace – Remove unnecessary whitespace Synopsisgit stripspace [-s | –strip-comments] git stripspace [-c | –comment-lines]DescriptionRead 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 lines• collapse multiple consecutive empty lines…
git-strip-merge – A git-merge wrapper that deletes files on a "foreign" branch before merging Synopsisgit-strip-merge [git-merge options] [-M <commitmsg>] <branch> FILE… Descriptiongit-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 on <branch>, and…
git-status – Show the working tree status Synopsisgit status [<options>…] [–] [<pathspec>…]DescriptionDisplays 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 gitignore(5))….
git-stash – Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away Synopsisgit 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-index] [-q|–quiet] [-u|–include-untracked] [-a|–all] [-m|–message <message>] [–pathspec-from-file=<file> [–pathspec-file-nul]] [–] [<pathspec>…]]…
git-standup – Recall the commit history Synopsisgit-standup [<full name>] [<since>] [<until>] DescriptionRecall 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 $(git config user.name). <since> The start of commit history. Defaults to yesterday. <until> The end of commit history….
git-stage – Add file contents to the staging area Synopsisgit stage args…DescriptionThis is a synonym for git-add(1). Please refer to the documentation of that command. GitPart of the git(1) suite
git-squash – Import changes from a branch Synopsisgit-squash <source-branch|commit ref> [<commit-message>] DescriptionProduce the working tree and index state as if a real merge happened without the commit or merge marks. Options<source-branch> Branch to squash on the actual branch. <commit reference> A commit reference (has to be from the current branch) can also be used as…
git-sparse-checkout – Initialize and modify the sparse-checkout configuration, which reduces the checkout to a set of paths given by a list of patterns. Synopsisgit sparse-checkout <subcommand> [options]DescriptionInitialize and modify the sparse-checkout configuration, which reduces the checkout to a set of paths given by a list of patterns. THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. ITS BEHAVIOR, AND THE…
git-show – Show various types of objects Synopsisgit show [<options>] [<object>…]DescriptionShows one or more objects (blobs, trees, tags and commits). For commits it shows the log message and textual diff. It also presents the merge commit in a special format as produced by git diff-tree –cc. For tags, it shows the tag message and the…
git-show-unmerged-branches – Show unmerged branches Synopsisgit-show-unmerged-branches DescriptionShow all branches not merged in to current HEAD. Examples$ git show-unmerged-branchesAuthorWritten by Paul Schreiber <paulschreiber [at] gmail.com> Reporting Bugs<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> See Also<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
git-show-tree – show branch tree of commit history Synopsisgit-show-tree DescriptionShow the decorated graph view of one liner summarized commits from all branches. ExamplesOutput the commit history log for all branches as tree view: * 4b57684 (HEAD, develop) Merge branch upstream master. |\ | * 515e94a Merge pull request #128 from nickl-/git-extras-html-hyperlinks | |\ | |…
git-show-ref – List references in a local repository Synopsisgit show-ref [-q|–quiet] [–verify] [–head] [-d|–dereference] [-s|–hash[=<n>]] [–abbrev[=<n>]] [–tags] [–heads] [–] [<pattern>…] git show-ref –exclude-existing[=<pattern>]DescriptionDisplays references available in a local repository along with the associated commit IDs. Results can be filtered using a pattern and tags can be dereferenced into object IDs. Additionally, it can be used…
git-show-merged-branches – Show merged branches Synopsisgit-show-merged-branches DescriptionShow all branches merged in to current HEAD. Examples$ git show-merged-branchesAuthorWritten by Paul Schreiber <paulschreiber [at] gmail.com> Reporting Bugs<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> See Also<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
git-show-index – Show packed archive index Synopsisgit show-index [–object-format=<hash-algorithm>]DescriptionRead the .idx file for a Git packfile (created with git-pack-objects(1) or git-index-pack(1)) from the standard input, and dump its contents. The output consists of one object per line, with each line containing two or three space-separated columns: • the first column is the offset in bytes…
git-show-branch – Show branches and their commits Synopsisgit show-branch [-a|–all] [-r|–remotes] [–topo-order | –date-order] [–current] [–color[=<when>] | –no-color] [–sparse] [–more=<n> | –list | –independent | –merge-base] [–no-name | –sha1-name] [–topics] [(<rev> | <glob>)…] git show-branch (-g|–reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [–list] [<ref>]DescriptionShows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named with <rev>s or <glob>s (or all refs under…
git-shortlog – Summarize ‘git log’ output Synopsisgit shortlog [<options>] [<revision range>] [[–] <path>…] git log –pretty=short | git shortlog [<options>]DescriptionSummarizes git log output in a format suitable for inclusion in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author and title. Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description. If no revisions are passed…
git-shell – Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access Synopsischsh -s $(command -v git-shell) <user> git clone <user>@localhost:/path/to/repo.git ssh <user>@localhostDescriptionThis is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. It permits execution only of server-side Git commands implementing the pull/push functionality, plus custom commands present in a subdirectory named git-shell-commands in the…