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-receive-pack – Receive what is pushed into the repository Synopsisgit-receive-pack <directory>DescriptionInvoked by git send-pack and updates the repository with the information fed from the remote end. This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. The UI for the protocol is on the git send-pack side, and the program pair is meant to…
git-rebase – Reapply commits on top of another base tip Synopsisgit rebase [-i | –interactive] [<options>] [–exec <cmd>] [–onto <newbase> | –keep-base] [<upstream> [<branch>]] git rebase [-i | –interactive] [<options>] [–exec <cmd>] [–onto <newbase>] –root [<branch>] git rebase (–continue | –skip | –abort | –quit | –edit-todo | –show-current-patch)DescriptionIf <branch> is specified, git rebase will…
git-rebase-theirs – Resolve rebase conflicts and failed cherry-picks by favoring ‘theirs’ version Synopsisgit-rebase-theirs [options] [—] FILE… DescriptionResolve git rebase conflicts in FILE(s) by favoring ‘theirs’ version. When using git rebase, conflicts are usually wanted to be resolved by favoring the <working branch> version (the branch being rebased, ‘theirs’ side in a rebase), instead of the…
git-rebase-patch – Rebases a patch Synopsisgit-rebase-patch <patch-file> DescriptionGiven you have a patch that doesn’t apply to the current HEAD, but you know it applied to some commit in the past, git-rebase-patch will help you find that commit and do a rebase. Options<patch-file> The patch to be applied.ExamplesExecuting $ git rebase-patch test.patch could give you something…
git-reauthor – Rewrite history to change author’s identity Synopsisgit reauthor [<options>] DescriptionLets you replace the author and/or committer identities in commits and tags. The command goes through all existing commits and tags in all local branches to selectively modify the identities present in those objects. All the other informations such as dates, messages,.. are preserved….
git-read-tree – Reads tree information into the index Synopsisgit read-tree [[-m [–trivial] [–aggressive] | –reset | –prefix=<prefix>] [-u | -i]] [–index-output=<file>] [–no-sparse-checkout] (–empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]])DescriptionReads the tree information given by <tree-ish> into the index, but does not actually update any of the files it "caches". (see: git-checkout-index(1)) Optionally, it can merge a tree…
git-range-diff – Compare two commit ranges (e.g. two versions of a branch) Synopsisgit range-diff [–color=[<when>]] [–no-color] [<diff-options>] [–no-dual-color] [–creation-factor=<factor>] [–left-only | –right-only] ( <range1> <range2> | <rev1>…<rev2> | <base> <rev1> <rev2> )DescriptionThis command shows the differences between two versions of a patch series, or more generally, two commit ranges (ignoring merge commits). To that end,…
git-quiltimport – Applies a quilt patchset onto the current branch Synopsisgit quiltimport [–dry-run | -n] [–author <author>] [–patches <dir>] [–series <file>] [–keep-non-patch]DescriptionApplies a quilt patchset onto the current Git branch, preserving the patch boundaries, patch order, and patch descriptions present in the quilt patchset. For each patch the code attempts to extract the author from…
git-push – Update remote refs along with associated objects Synopsisgit push [–all | –mirror | –tags] [–follow-tags] [–atomic] [-n | –dry-run] [–receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [–repo=<repository>] [-f | –force] [-d | –delete] [–prune] [-v | –verbose] [-u | –set-upstream] [-o <string> | –push-option=<string>] [–[no-]signed|–signed=(true|false|if-asked)] [–force-with-lease[=<refname>[:<expect>]] [–force-if-includes]] [–no-verify] [<repository> [<refspec>…]]DescriptionUpdates remote refs using local refs, while sending objects necessary…
git-pull – Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch Synopsisgit pull [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>…]]DescriptionIncorporates changes from a remote repository into the current branch. If the current branch is behind the remote, then by default it will fast-forward the current branch to match the remote. If the current branch and the remote…
git-pull-request – Create pull request for GitHub project Synopsisgit-pull-request [<target branch>] DescriptionCreate pull request for a project on GitHub via commandline. Uses the email from git config user.email to open the pull request. Options<target branch> The target branch you want to send pull request to. Examples$ git pull-request master Everything up-to-date create pull-request for spacewander/spacewander-toolbox…
git-psykorebase – Rebase a branch with a merge commit Synopsisgit-psykorebase <target_branch> [<feature_branch>] [–no-ff] git-psykorebase –continue DescriptionRebase the feature_branch on top of the target_branch, the feature_branch defaults to the current one. Options–no-ff Force a commit message even if there are no conflicts. –continue Continue the rebase after conflicts have been resolved. ExamplesRebase current branch on top…
git-prune – Prune all unreachable objects from the object database Synopsisgit prune [-n] [-v] [–progress] [–expire <time>] [–] [<head>…]Description Note In most cases, users should run git gc, which calls git prune. See the section "NOTES", below. This runs git fsck –unreachable using all the refs available in refs/, optionally with additional set of objects…
git-prune-packed – Remove extra objects that are already in pack files Synopsisgit prune-packed [-n|–dry-run] [-q|–quiet]DescriptionThis program searches the $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY for all objects that currently exist in a pack file as well as the independent object directories. All such extra objects are removed. A pack is a collection of objects, individually compressed, with delta compression applied,…
git-pr – Checks out a pull request locally Synopsisgit-pr <number> [<remote>] git-pr <url> git-pr clean DescriptionCreates a local branch based on a GitHub pull request number or URL, and switch to that branch afterwards. Options<remote> The name of the remote to fetch from. Defaults to origin. <url> GitHub pull request URL in the format https://github.com/tj/git-extras/pull/453….
git-peek-remote – List the references in a remote repository Synopsisgit peek-remote [–upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory>DescriptionThis command is deprecated; use git ls-remote instead. Options–upload-pack=<git-upload-pack> Use this to specify the path to git-upload-pack on the remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH. Some installations of sshd ignores the user’s environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g….
git-patch-id – Compute unique ID for a patch Synopsisgit patch-id [–stable | –unstable]DescriptionRead a patch from the standard input and compute the patch ID for it. A "patch ID" is nothing but a sum of SHA-1 of the file diffs associated with a patch, with whitespace and line numbers ignored. As such, it’s "reasonably stable",…
git-parse-remote – Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters Synopsis. "$(git –exec-path)/git-parse-remote"DescriptionThis script is included in various scripts to supply routines to parse files under $GIT_DIR/remotes/ and $GIT_DIR/branches/ and configuration variables that are related to fetching, pulling and pushing. GitPart of the git(1) suite
git-pack-refs – Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access Synopsisgit pack-refs [–all] [–no-prune]DescriptionTraditionally, tips of branches and tags (collectively known as refs) were stored one file per ref in a (sub)directory under $GIT_DIR/refs directory. While many branch tips tend to be updated often, most tags and some branch tips are never updated. When a…
git-pack-redundant – Find redundant pack files Synopsisgit pack-redundant [ –verbose ] [ –alt-odb ] < –all | .pack filename … >DescriptionThis program computes which packs in your repository are redundant. The output is suitable for piping to xargs rm if you are in the root of the repository. git pack-redundant accepts a list of objects…