git-instaweb – Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb Synopsisgit instaweb [–local] [–httpd=<httpd>] [–port=<port>] [–browser=<browser>] git instaweb [–start] [–stop] [–restart]DescriptionA simple script to set up gitweb and a web server for browsing the local repository. Options-l, –local Only bind the web server to the local IP (127.0.0.1). -d, –httpd The HTTP daemon command-line that will…
git-init – Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one Synopsisgit init [-q | –quiet] [–bare] [–template=<template_directory>] [–separate-git-dir <git dir>] [–object-format=<format>] [-b <branch-name> | –initial-branch=<branch-name>] [–shared[=<permissions>]] [directory]DescriptionThis command creates an empty Git repository – basically a .git directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags, and template files. An initial branch without any commits…
git-init-db – Creates an empty Git repository Synopsisgit init-db [-q | –quiet] [–bare] [–template=<template_directory>] [–separate-git-dir <git dir>] [–shared[=<permissions>]]DescriptionThis is a synonym for git-init(1). Please refer to the documentation of that command. GitPart of the git(1) suite
git-info – Returns information on current repository Synopsisgit-info DescriptionShows the following information about a repository: 1. Remote Url(s) 2. Remote Branches 3. Local Branches 4. Most recent commit 5. Configuration Info OptionsN/A ExamplesOutputs info about a repo: $ git info ## Remote URLs: origin git [at] github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (fetch) origin git [at] github.com:sampleAuthor/git-extras.git (push) ## Remote…
git-index-pack – Build pack index file for an existing packed archive Synopsisgit index-pack [-v] [-o <index-file>] [–[no-]rev-index] <pack-file> git index-pack –stdin [–fix-thin] [–keep] [-v] [-o <index-file>] [–[no-]rev-index] [<pack-file>]DescriptionReads a packed archive (.pack) from the specified file, and builds a pack index file (.idx) for it. Optionally writes a reverse-index (.rev) for the specified pack. The…
git-imap-send – Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder Synopsisgit imap-send [-v] [-q] [–[no-]curl]DescriptionThis command uploads a mailbox generated with git format-patch into an IMAP drafts folder. This allows patches to be sent as other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox files directly. The command also works…
git-ignore – Add .gitignore patterns Synopsisgit-ignore [<context>] [<pattern> [<pattern>]…] DescriptionAdds the given _pattern_s to a .gitignore file if it doesn’t already exist. Options<context> -l, –local Sets the context to the .gitignore file in the current working directory. (default) -g, –global Sets the context to the global gitignore file for the current user. <pattern> A space…
git-ignore-io – Get sample gitignore file Synopsisgit ignore-io [<OPTIONS>] DescriptionGet sample gitignore file from gitignore.io https://www.gitignore.io Options<OPTIONS> -a, –append <types>… Append new .gitignore content to .gitignore under the current directory -r, –replace <types>… Export new .gitignore to the current directory (The old one will be replaced) -l, –list-in-table Print available types in table format -L,…
git-http-push – Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository Synopsisgit http-push [–all] [–dry-run] [–force] [–verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>…]DescriptionSends missing objects to remote repository, and updates the remote branch. NOTE: This command is temporarily disabled if your libcurl is older than 7.16, as the combination has been reported not to work and sometimes corrupts repository. Options–all…
git-http-fetch – Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP Synopsisgit http-fetch [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w filename] [–recover] [–stdin | –packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <url>DescriptionDownloads a remote Git repository via HTTP. This command always gets all objects. Historically, there were three options -a, -c and -t for choosing which objects to download. They are…
git-http-backend – Server side implementation of Git over HTTP Synopsisgit http-backendDescriptionA simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols. The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protocol and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients pushing…
git-help – Display help information about Git Synopsisgit help [-a|–all [–[no-]verbose]] [[-i|–info] [-m|–man] [-w|–web]] [COMMAND|GUIDE] git help [-g|–guides] git help [-c|–config]DescriptionWith no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the git command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output. If the option –all…
git-hash-object – Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file Synopsisgit hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] [–path=<file>|–no-filters] [–stdin [–literally]] [–] <file>… git hash-object [-t <type>] [-w] –stdin-paths [–no-filters]DescriptionComputes the object ID value for an object with specified type with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the work tree),…
git-guilt – calculate change between two revisions Synopsisgit guilt [<option>] git guilt [<option>] <since> [<until>] DescriptionIn the first form, shows total blame count for files with unstaged changes. In the second form, calculates the change in blame between two revisions. If not specified, <until> will default to HEAD. Options-h Output usage information -e, –email Display…
git-gui – A portable graphical interface to Git Synopsisgit gui [<command>] [arguments]DescriptionA Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git. git gui focuses on allowing users to make changes to their repository by making new commits, amending existing ones, creating branches, performing local merges, and fetching/pushing to remote repositories. Unlike gitk, git gui focuses on commit…
git-grep – Print lines matching a pattern Synopsisgit grep [-a | –text] [-I] [–textconv] [-i | –ignore-case] [-w | –word-regexp] [-v | –invert-match] [-h|-H] [–full-name] [-E | –extended-regexp] [-G | –basic-regexp] [-P | –perl-regexp] [-F | –fixed-strings] [-n | –line-number] [–column] [-l | –files-with-matches] [-L | –files-without-match] [(-O | –open-files-in-pager) [<pager>]] [-z | –null] […
git-graft – Merge and destroy a given branch Synopsisgit-graft <src-branch> <dest-branch> DescriptionMerge commits from <src-branch> into <dest-branch> Options<src-branch> <dest-branch> Examples$ git graft new_feature devAuthorWritten by Kenneth Reitz <me [at] kennethreitz.com> Reporting Bugs<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues> See Also<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>
git-gh-pages – Create the GitHub Pages branch Synopsisgit-gh-pages DescriptionCreate the GitHub Pages branch (gh-pages) with an initial dummy index.html file. Examples$ git gh-pages setting up gh-pages Removing … [gh-pages (root-commit) 94f4b26] Initial commit 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 index.html Counting objects: 3, done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 232 bytes, done. Total 3…
git-get-tar-commit-id – Extract commit ID from an archive created using git-archive Synopsisgit get-tar-commit-idDescriptionRead a tar archive created by git archive from the standard input and extract the commit ID stored in it. It reads only the first 1024 bytes of input, thus its runtime is not influenced by the size of the tar archive very…
git-gc – Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository Synopsisgit gc [–aggressive] [–auto] [–quiet] [–prune=<date> | –no-prune] [–force] [–keep-largest-pack]DescriptionRuns a number of housekeeping tasks within the current repository, such as compressing file revisions (to reduce disk space and increase performance), removing unreachable objects which may have been created from prior invocations of git add,…