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NAME git-var – Show a Git logical variable SYNOPSIS git var ( -l | <variable> ) DESCRIPTION Prints a Git logical variable. OPTIONS -l Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the variables of the Git configuration file .git/config are listed as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality is deprecated in…
NAME git-upload-pack – Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack SYNOPSIS git – upload – pack[–[no – ] strict][–timeout = <n>][–stateless – rpc][–advertise – refs]<directory> DESCRIPTION Invoked by git fetch-pack, learns what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after packing. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI…
NAME git-upload-archive – Send archive back to git-archive SYNOPSIS git upload-archive <directory> DESCRIPTION Invoked by git archive –remote and sends a generated archive to the other end over the Git protocol. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI for the protocol is on the git archive side, and the…
NAME git-update-ref – Update the object name stored in a ref safely SYNOPSIS git update – ref[-m<reason>][–no – deref](-d<ref>[<oldvalue>] | [–create – reflog]<ref><newvalue>[<oldvalue>] | –stdin[-z]) DESCRIPTION Given two arguments, stores the <newvalue> in the <ref>, possibly dereferencing the symbolic refs. E.g. git update-ref HEAD <newvalue> updates the current branch head to the new object. Given…
NAME git-update-index – Register file contents in the working tree to the index SYNOPSIS git update – index [–add][–remove | –force – remove][–replace] [–refresh][-q][–unmerged][–ignore – missing] [(–cacheinfo<mode>, <object>, <file>)…] [–chmod = (+ | -) x] [–[no – ] assume – unchanged] [–[no – ] skip – worktree] [–[no – ] ignore – skip – worktree…
NAME git-unpack-objects – Unpack objects from a packed archive SYNOPSIS git unpack – objects[-n][-q][-r][–strict] DESCRIPTION Read 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…
NAME git-unpack-file – Creates a temporary file with a blob’s contents SYNOPSIS git unpack-file <blob> DESCRIPTION Creates 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 id GIT Part of the git(1) suite Index
NAME git-unlock – Unlock a file excluded from version control SYNOPSIS git-lock <filename> DESCRIPTION Unlock local files from version control. OPTIONS <filename> The name of the filename. EXAMPLES $ git unlock 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-undo – Remove latest commits SYNOPSIS git-undo [<commitcount>] [-s, –soft, -h, –hard] DESCRIPTION Removes 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…
NAME git-touch – Touch and add file to the index SYNOPSIS git-touch <filename> DESCRIPTION Call 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 AUTHOR Written by Alex McHale <alexmchale [at] gmail.com> REPORTING BUGS <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> SEE…
NAME git-tar-tree – Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object SYNOPSIS git tar – tree[–remote = <repo>]<tree – ish>[<base>] DESCRIPTION THIS 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….
NAME git-tag – Create, list, delete or verify a tag object signed with GPG SYNOPSIS git 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<commit>][<pattern>…] git tag – v[–format = <format>]<tagname>……
NAME git-sync – Sync local branch with remote branch SYNOPSIS git sync [ <remote> <branch> ] DESCRIPTION Sync 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. EXAMPLES Sync local…
NAME git-symbolic-ref – Read, modify and delete symbolic refs SYNOPSIS git symbolic – ref[-m<reason>]<name><ref> git symbolic – ref[-q][–short]<name> git symbolic – ref– delete[-q]<name> DESCRIPTION Given 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…
NAME git-switch – Switch branches SYNOPSIS git 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> DESCRIPTION Switch 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…
NAME git-svn – Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git SYNOPSIS git svn<command>[options][arguments] DESCRIPTION git 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…
NAME git-summary – Show repository summary SYNOPSIS git-summary [–line] [<commitish>] DESCRIPTION Shows 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)…
NAME git-subtree – Merge subtrees together and split repository into subtrees SYNOPSIS git 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> DESCRIPTION Subtrees allow…
NAME git-submodule – Initialize, update or inspect submodules SYNOPSIS git 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 submodule[–quiet] set – url[–]<path><newurl> git submodule[–quiet] summary[<options>][–][<path>…] git submodule[–quiet] foreach[–recursive]<command> git submodule[–quiet] sync[–recursive][–][<path>…] git submodule[–quiet] absorbgitdirs[–][<path>…] DESCRIPTION Inspects, updates…
NAME git-stripspace – Remove unnecessary whitespace SYNOPSIS git stripspace[-s | –strip – comments] git stripspace[-c | –comment – lines] DESCRIPTION Read 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…