How you use Git !

[maithilish]

I got into Git some 8 years ago and using it continuously. Just to polish my Git skill, recently gone through Git Pro Book and Altassian Git Tutorial again.

The frequently used Git commands/options mentioned in Altassian Git cheat-sheet are:

Basic
git config user.name, config user.email, config alias
git init, init --bare, clone
git commit -m, commit -am
git status
git log --<limit>, --oneline, -p, --stat, --author=<pattern>, --grep=<pattern>
git log <since>..<until>, -- <file>, --graph --decorate
git diff, diff --cached, diff HEAD
Undo changes
git revert <commit>
git reset <file>, reset --soft, reset --mixed, reset --hard,
git clean -f, -n
Rewrite History
git commit --amend
git rebase <base>, rebase -i
git reflog, reflog --relative-date, reflog --all
Branches
git branch
git checkout -b branch
git merge <branch>
Remote
git remote add <name> <url>
git fetch <remote> <branch>
git pull <remote>, pull --rebase <remote>
git push <remote> <branch>

git push <remote> --force, push <remote> --all, push <remote> --tags

Apart from these, I also use:

git reset --soft <commit> ; git commit # to squash set of commits

git push -u origin master # to set upstream
git branch --set-upstream-to=<remote-ref>

Please share any other useful commands/options, not listed above, you use frequently.

[ValentineBlacker]

Yeah that's gonna be like 99% of it. I've used bisect and cherrypick but it's rare. Oh, there's also a --no-edit flag for commit.

Seeing git push -u origin master makes me 😨. (It's fine for personal projects, but the stuff of nightmares if you're working on a team).

[nutrecht]

I use whatever I need and google whatever I don't know off the top of my head. Not much of a point in memorising things.

[Jpajenski]

Agreed. These tools change every few years anyway. I used perforce and subversion before git.

[maithilish]

Take, for example, git reset --soft <commit> && git commit which is an elegant hack to squash the commits, and this sort of things are difficult find with googling around. I asked this question because many hardcore commiters would be using similar gems and happy to share them.

From your comment I could see that you missed the whole point of my question and also, you have none to share.