Git - kimschles/schlesinger-knowledge GitHub Wiki

Git Docs

• git --help
• git help -a

Seeing The Commit History (yours and the team's)

• git status
• git log --oneline
• git log --oneline --all
• git log --oneline --all --decorate

Merge

Rebase

• rebase
• rebase -i <- This one gives you options and explanations. :)
• Usually, the command is git merge -i origin/master

Merge vs. Rebase

• A merge preserves your branch history, while rebase does not.
• A merge is useful for combining changes that are public
• Rebase is good for combining changes that are only on your machine

Fetch vs. Pull

Finding the sha of a particular branch or commit

• git show-ref

Looking at diffs

See the difference between two different shas

• git diff sha~sha2 See the difference between your head and the last commit
• git diff HEAD~1

Revert

• git revert sha Revert a merge commit (choose the first sha)
• git revert -m 1

Tags

Add a git tag: * git tag 2.1

Look at git tags: * git tag

Push up a git tag: * git push origin --tags

Learning Resources:

• https://learngitbranching.js.org/
  • Find rebase under ‘Advanced Topics’
• https://www.shortcutfoo.com/app/dojos/git
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tukOm3Afd8s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO9BtPDIHJ8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxzjZtJwOgo

Look at your SSH env variable(s): env | grep -i git

• -i means to ignore case. You can also use --ignore-case