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Handy git commands to enhance the productivity
To unstage tracked files (files those added by git add) git reset To add all files and directories in you working directory use inside this directory git add –all or type the path to it git add –all...
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Excluding files form staging in git
Working with the git add command that there’s lots of different ways that you can quickly reference a whole bunch of files. git add –all for example would add all of the files that it can find inside...
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Overwrite the last commit instead of create a new one
You can overwrite the previous commit if it still only in your local copy of the repository. Using the –amend flag allows you to modify a previous commit. Let’s say you just made this commit and then...
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Commit a removed / moved file or directory manually
If you remove or rename tracked files manually whether form your terminal using rm or from you file management in your operating system finder for example in OS or even form your ftp client...
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How to add changes to old commit
To add your changes to the previous (most recent commit or HEAD) you can just use this command git commit –amend -C HEAD However suppose you want to commit your last changes to a specific commit not...
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Revert changes manual for Git
It’s important to remember that Git has three different states that a file can be in. You can think of, a file can be in the version that is the most recently committed version of that file, or head....
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Stashing uncommitted changes
If you try and run a git pull –rebase with unstashed changes , you ‘ll get an error message like: Cannot pull with rebase: You have unstaged changes. Please commit or stash them. Another case if you...
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Ceasing retyping username and password for github
Instead of retyping the username and password for github every time you interact with the remote repository, you need to use SSH instead of using http , to do so you need first to generate a public...
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ignoring files globally in git
You can define the excluded files form git in a global scope instead of adding it every time to the local .gitignore file, stuff like .swp files, those ends with ~ , .gitignore files itself and any...
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Aliases in git
Git is a bit complicated, and it’s full of all of these different esoteric commands with flags that I can’t even remember the names of, and it gets really complicated to use over time, especially as...
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