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-count-objects – Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption Synopsisgit count-objects [-v] [-H | –human-readable]DescriptionThis counts the number of unpacked object files and disk space consumed by them, to help you decide when it is a good time to repack. Options-v, –verbose Report in more detail: count: the number of loose objects size:…
git-contrib – Show user’s contributions Synopsisgit-contrib [<username>|<email>] DescriptionOutput a user’s contributions to a project, based on the author name or email. Returns multiple entries if there are more than one match. Options<username> The name or email of the user who owns the contributions. ExamplesSearching with a username $ git contrib visionmedia visionmedia (18): Export STATUS_CODES…
git-config – Get and set repository or global options Synopsisgit config [<file-option>] [–type=<type>] [–fixed-value] [–show-origin] [–show-scope] [-z|–null] name [value [value-pattern]] git config [<file-option>] [–type=<type>] –add name value git config [<file-option>] [–type=<type>] [–fixed-value] –replace-all name value [value-pattern] git config [<file-option>] [–type=<type>] [–show-origin] [–show-scope] [-z|–null] [–fixed-value] –get name [value-pattern] git config [<file-option>] [–type=<type>] [–show-origin] [–show-scope] [-z|–null] [–fixed-value]…
git-commits-since – Show commit logs since some date Synopsisgit-commits-since [<date>] DescriptionList of commits since the given date. Options<date> Show commits more recent than date. By default, the command shows the commit logs since "last week". ExamplesIt is really flexible and these are only 3 of the options, go ahead give it a try: $ git…
git-commit – Record changes to the repository Synopsisgit commit [-a | –interactive | –patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [–amend] [–dry-run] [(-c | -C | –squash) <commit> | –fixup [(amend|reword):]<commit>)] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [–reset-author] [–allow-empty] [–allow-empty-message] [–no-verify] [-e] [–author=<author>] [–date=<date>] [–cleanup=<mode>] [–[no-]status] [-i | -o] [–pathspec-from-file=<file> [–pathspec-file-nul]] [(–trailer <token>[(=|:)<value>])…] [-S[<keyid>]] [–] [<pathspec>…]DescriptionCreate a new commit…
git-commit-tree – Create a new commit object Synopsisgit commit-tree <tree> [(-p <parent>)…] git commit-tree [(-p <parent>)…] [-S[<keyid>]] [(-m <message>)…] [(-F <file>)…] <tree>DescriptionThis is usually not what an end user wants to run directly. See git-commit(1) instead. Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and emits the new commit object id on…
git-commit-graph – Write and verify Git commit-graph files Synopsisgit commit-graph verify [–object-dir <dir>] [–shallow] [–[no-]progress] git commit-graph write <options> [–object-dir <dir>] [–[no-]progress]DescriptionManage the serialized commit-graph file. Options–object-dir Use given directory for the location of packfiles and commit-graph file. This parameter exists to specify the location of an alternate that only has the objects directory, not…
git-column – Display data in columns Synopsisgit column [–command=<name>] [–[raw-]mode=<mode>] [–width=<width>] [–indent=<string>] [–nl=<string>] [–padding=<n>]DescriptionThis command formats the lines of its standard input into a table with multiple columns. Each input line occupies one cell of the table. It is used internally by other git commands to format output into columns. Options–command=<name> Look up layout mode…
git-cola – A highly caffeinated Git GUI Synopsisgit cola [options] Descriptiongit-cola is a powerful Git GUI written in Python. It has many unique features that make Gitcqs advanced features simple and accessible. See below for a full list of options and usage information. Options–repo=<path> Run git-cola on the git repository in <path>. –style=<style> Launch git-cola…
git-clone – Clone a repository into a new directory Synopsisgit clone [–template=<template_directory>] [-l] [-s] [–no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [–bare] [–mirror] [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [–reference <repository>] [–dissociate] [–separate-git-dir <git dir>] [–depth <depth>] [–[no-]single-branch] [–no-tags] [–recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [–[no-]shallow-submodules] [–[no-]remote-submodules] [–jobs <n>] [–sparse] [–[no-]reject-shallow] [–filter=<filter>] [–] <repository> [<directory>]DescriptionClones a repository into a newly created directory, creates remote-tracking…
git-clone-subset – Clones a subset of a git repository Synopsisgit-clone-subset [options] repository destination-dir pattern DescriptionClones a repository into a destination-dir and runs on the clone git filter-branch –prune-empty –tree-filter ‘git rm …’ — –all to prune from history all files except the ones matching pattern, effectively creating a clone with a subset of files (and…
git-clear – Rigorously clean up a repository Synopsisgit-clear DescriptionClears the repository to a state that it looks as if it was freshly cloned with the current HEAD. Basically it is a git-reset –hard together with deletion of all untracked files that reside inside the working directory, including those in .gitignore. ExamplesClears the repo. $ git…
git-clear-soft – Soft clean up a repository Synopsisgit-clear-soft DescriptionClears the repository to a state that it looks as if it was freshly cloned with the current HEAD, however, preserving all changes that are located in files and directories listed in .gitignore. It is a git-reset –hard together with deletion of all untracked files that reside…
git-clean – Remove untracked files from the working tree Synopsisgit clean [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [–] <path>…DescriptionCleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not under version control, starting from the current directory. Normally, only files unknown to Git are removed, but if the -x option is…
git-citool – Graphical alternative to git-commit Synopsisgit citoolDescriptionA Tcl/Tk based graphical interface to review modified files, stage them into the index, enter a commit message and record the new commit onto the current branch. This interface is an alternative to the less interactive git commit program. git citool is actually a standard alias for git…
git-chore – Create chore branch Synopsisgit-chore [finish] <name> DescriptionCreate the given chore branch Options<finish> Merge and delete the chore branch. <name> The name of the chore branch. Examples$ git chore chore-123456 … $ git commit -m "Some changes" … $ git checkout master $ git chore finish chore-123456AuthorWritten by Chris Hall <christopher.k.hall [at] gmail.com> from…
git-cherry – Find commits yet to be applied to upstream Synopsisgit cherry [-v] [<upstream> [<head> [<limit>]]]DescriptionDetermine whether there are commits in <head>..<upstream> that are equivalent to those in the range <limit>..<head>. The equivalence test is based on the diff, after removing whitespace and line numbers. git-cherry therefore detects when commits have been "copied" by means…
git-cherry-pick – Apply the changes introduced by some existing commits Synopsisgit cherry-pick [–edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [–ff] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>… git cherry-pick (–continue | –skip | –abort | –quit)DescriptionGiven one or more existing commits, apply the change each one introduces, recording a new commit for each. This requires your working tree to be clean…
git-checkout – Switch branches or restore working tree files Synopsisgit checkout [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] git checkout [-q] [-f] [-m] –detach [<branch>] git checkout [-q] [-f] [-m] [–detach] <commit> git checkout [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|–orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] git checkout [-f|–ours|–theirs|-m|–conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [–] <pathspec>… git checkout [-f|–ours|–theirs|-m|–conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] –pathspec-from-file=<file> [–pathspec-file-nul] git checkout (-p|–patch) [<tree-ish>] [–] [<pathspec>…]DescriptionUpdates…
git-checkout-index – Copy files from the index to the working tree Synopsisgit checkout-index [-u] [-q] [-a] [-f] [-n] [–prefix=<string>] [–stage=<number>|all] [–temp] [-z] [–stdin] [–] [<file>…]DescriptionWill copy all files listed from the index to the working directory (not overwriting existing files). Options-u, –index update stat information for the checked out entries in the index file. -q,…