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NAME git-push – Update remote refs along with associated objects SYNOPSIS git 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…
NAME git-pull – Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch SYNOPSIS git pull[<options>][<repository>[<refspec>…]] DESCRIPTION Incorporates 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…
NAME git-pull-request – Create pull request for GitHub project SYNOPSIS git-pull-request [<target branch>] DESCRIPTION Create 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…
NAME git-psykorebase – Rebase a branch with a merge commit SYNOPSIS git-psykorebase <target_branch> [<feature_branch>] [–no-ff] git-psykorebase –continue DESCRIPTION Rebase 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. EXAMPLES…
NAME git-prune – Prune all unreachable objects from the object database SYNOPSIS git 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 specified on the command…
NAME git-prune-packed – Remove extra objects that are already in pack files SYNOPSIS git prune – packed[-n | –dry – run][-q | –quiet] DESCRIPTION This 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…
NAME git-pr – Checks out a pull request locally SYNOPSIS git-pr <number> [<remote>] git-pr <url> git-pr clean DESCRIPTION Creates 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…
NAME git-peek-remote – List the references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS git peek – remote[–upload – pack = <git – upload – pack>] [<host>:]<directory> DESCRIPTION This 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 $PATH….
NAME git-patch-id – Compute unique ID for a patch SYNOPSIS git patch – id[–stable | –unstable] DESCRIPTION Read a patch from the standard input and compute the patch ID for it. A "patch ID" is nothing but a sum of SHA-1 of the file diffs associated with a patch, with whitespace and line numbers ignored….
NAME git-parse-remote – Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters SYNOPSIS . "$(git –exec-path)/git-parse-remote" DESCRIPTION This 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. GIT Part of the git(1) suite Index
NAME git-pack-refs – Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access SYNOPSIS git pack – refs[–all][–no – prune] DESCRIPTION Traditionally, 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…
NAME git-pack-redundant – Find redundant pack files SYNOPSIS git pack – redundant[–verbose][–alt – odb]<–all |.pack filename…> DESCRIPTION This 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 on standard input….
NAME git-pack-objects – Create a packed archive of objects SYNOPSIS git pack – objects[-q | –progress | –all – progress][–all – progress – implied] [–no – reuse – delta][–delta – base – offset][–non – empty] [–local][–incremental][–window = <n>][–depth = <n>] [–revs[–unpacked | –all]][–keep – pack = <pack – name>] [–stdout[–filter = <filter – spec>] |…
NAME git-p4 – Import from and submit to Perforce repositories SYNOPSIS git p4 clone[<sync options>][<clone options>]<p4 depot path>… git p4 sync[<sync options>][<p4 depot path>…] git p4 rebase git p4 submit[<submit options>][<master branch name>] DESCRIPTION This command provides a way to interact with p4 repositories using Git. Create a new Git repository from an existing p4…
NAME git-obliterate – rewrite past commits to remove some files SYNOPSIS git obliterate <files…> [– <rev-list options…>] DESCRIPTION Completely remove some files from the repository, including past commits and tags. WARNING! This command will rewirte the history similar to git rebase(though it affects more). The rewritten history will have different object names for all the…
NAME git-notes – Add or inspect object notes SYNOPSIS git notes[list[<object>]] git notes add[-f][–allow – empty][-F<file> | -m<msg> | (-c | -C) < object > ][<object>] git notes copy[-f](–stdin | <from – object>[<to – object>]) git notes append[–allow – empty][-F<file> | -m<msg> | (-c | -C) < object > ][<object>] git notes edit[–allow – empty][<object>]…
NAME git-name-rev – Find symbolic names for given revs SYNOPSIS git name – rev[–tags][–refs = <pattern>](–all | –stdin | <commit – ish>…) DESCRIPTION Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given in any format parsable by git rev-parse. OPTIONS –tags Do not use branch names, but only tags to name the commits –refs=<pattern>…
NAME git-mv – Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink SYNOPSIS git mv <options>… <args>… DESCRIPTION Move or rename a file, directory or symlink. git mv[-v][-f][-n][-k]<source><destination> git mv[-v][-f][-n][-k]<source>…<destination directory> In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>. In the second…
NAME git-multi-pack-index – Write and verify multi-pack-indexes SYNOPSIS git multi – pack – index[–object – dir = <dir>][–[no – ] bitmap]<sub – command> DESCRIPTION Write or verify a multi-pack-index (MIDX) file. OPTIONS –object-dir=<dir> Use given directory for the location of Git objects. We check <dir>/packs/multi-pack-index for the current MIDX file, and <dir>/packs for the pack-files…
NAME git-mktree – Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text SYNOPSIS git mktree[-z][–missing][–batch] DESCRIPTION Reads standard input in non-recursive ls-tree output format, and creates a tree object. The order of the tree entries is normalized by mktree so pre-sorting the input is not required. The object name of the tree object built is written to…