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-unpack-objects – Unpack objects from a packed archive Synopsisgit unpack-objects [-n] [-q] [-r] [–strict]DescriptionRead a packed archive (.pack) from the standard input, expanding the objects contained within and writing them into the repository in "loose" (one object per file) format. Objects that already exist in the repository will not be unpacked from the packfile. Therefore,…
git-unpack-file – Creates a temporary file with a blob’s contents Synopsisgit unpack-file <blob>DescriptionCreates a file holding the contents of the blob specified by sha1. It returns the name of the temporary file in the following format: .merge_file_XXXXX Options<blob> Must be a blob idGitPart of the git(1) suite
git-unlock – Unlock a file excluded from version control Synopsisgit-lock <filename> DescriptionUnlock local files from version control. Options<filename> The name of the filename. Examples$ git unlock 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-undo – Remove latest commits Synopsisgit-undo [<commitcount>] [-s, –soft, -h, –hard] DescriptionRemoves the latest commits. Options–soft or -s This is the default, only rolls back the commit but changes remain un-staged. –hard or -h This option wipes your commit(s), so that your changes cannot be recovered. Use with care. <commitcount> Number of commits to remove….
git-touch – Touch and add file to the index Synopsisgit-touch <filename> DescriptionCall touch on the given file and add it to the current index. Used one-step creating new files. Options<filename> File to be touched. Examples$ git touch Makefile AuthorWritten by Alex McHale <alexmchale [at] gmail.com> Reporting Bugs<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> See Also<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
git-tar-tree – Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object Synopsisgit tar-tree [–remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ]DescriptionTHIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED. Use git archive with –format=tar option instead (and move the <base> argument to –prefix=base/). Creates a tar archive containing the tree structure for the named tree. When <base> is specified it…
git-tag – Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG Synopsisgit tag [-a | -s | -u <keyid>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] [-e] <tagname> [<commit> | <object>] git tag -d <tagname>… git tag [-n[<num>]] -l [–contains <commit>] [–no-contains <commit>] [–points-at <object>] [–column[=<options>] | –no-column] [–create-reflog] [–sort=<key>] [–format=<format>] [–merged <commit>] [–no-merged…
git-sync – Sync local branch with remote branch Synopsisgit sync [ <remote> <branch> ] DescriptionSync local branch with <remote>/<branch>. When <remote> and <branch> are not specified on the command line, upstream of local branch will be used by default. All changes and untracked files and directories will be removed. ExamplesSync local branch with its upstream…
git-symbolic-ref – Read, modify and delete symbolic refs Synopsisgit symbolic-ref [-m <reason>] <name> <ref> git symbolic-ref [-q] [–short] <name> git symbolic-ref –delete [-q] <name>DescriptionGiven one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the .git/ directory. Typically you would give HEAD as the <name> argument to…
git-switch – Switch branches Synopsisgit switch [<options>] [–no-guess] <branch> git switch [<options>] –detach [<start-point>] git switch [<options>] (-c|-C) <new-branch> [<start-point>] git switch [<options>] –orphan <new-branch>DescriptionSwitch to a specified branch. The working tree and the index are updated to match the branch. All new commits will be added to the tip of this branch. Optionally a…
git-svn – Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git Synopsisgit svn <command> [options] [arguments]Descriptiongit svn is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and Git. It provides a bidirectional flow of changes between a Subversion and a Git repository. git svn can track a standard Subversion repository, following the common "trunk/branches/tags" layout, with the…
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